I never talk about my money! It is interesting how awkward it is to talk about it, even though I talk about it in the abstract every day. Sallie Krawcheck Read Quote
We shouldn’t think anyone needs a Ph.D. in advanced investing in order to begin to invest. Sallie Krawcheck Read Quote
Whatever your income level is, save as much as you can – up to 20 percent, but more if you can – and invest it. Put that into an IRA; put that into a brokerage account. Sallie Krawcheck Read Quote
I hated being a junior investment banker. I loved the research business, the wealth management business. Sallie Krawcheck Read Quote
People just haven’t saved enough for retirement. And they’re going to outlive their money. Sallie Krawcheck Read Quote
The research indicates that when we women invest, we women do tend to be more patient, take a longer-term perspective and as a result of it, tend to be better investors than men. But the messages we get are that investing is sort of ‘the guys’ world.’ Sallie Krawcheck Read Quote
We just haven’t had enough women in senior roles on Wall Street overall – fewer women in the investment banking function overall as well. Sallie Krawcheck Read Quote
I’ve managed many people in my career. I’ve managed very diverse teams. And it’s interesting because what I’ve found over time is that when it would come to bonus time or raise time, I would hear from the gentlemen, ‘I want to make X.’ I don’t think I ever heard from a woman who worked for me, ‘I want to make X.’ Sallie Krawcheck Read Quote
What you hear and what the research shows is that gentlemen negotiate for their first job. Women do not negotiate from their first job and on. And I tell women there is no H.R. fairy godmother. There might be, but you better not count on it. Sallie Krawcheck Read Quote
The ‘aha’ moment came one to me one morning when I was applying my mascara, and I realized that the retirement crisis is actually a woman’s crisis: Women live longer than men yet retire with less money. Sallie Krawcheck Read Quote
