Sallie Krawcheck Quotes

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Sallie Krawcheck

Profession : Businesswoman

Birth : November 28, 1964

Ask any woman who has gone through a divorce and had her standard of living decline substantially. Ask any woman who's been fired or 'reorg'ed out' and had to scramble to take a job she didn't want. Ask any woman who wanted to quit a job but couldn't afford to. Investing is possibly the best career advice women aren't getting.

Sallie Krawcheck

Recognize that the issues we face as women advancing in business are issues my grandmother would have loved to have had. And fight the good fight nonetheless. For yourself and your peers - but also for your daughter, when it's her turn.

Sallie Krawcheck

Women aren't driven by or thrilled by outperforming the market. They're much more excited about, 'Can I meet my goal?'

Sallie Krawcheck

Most financial questions don't have one right answer - just an answer that's right for you.

Sallie Krawcheck

Investing isn't a game to be won. At the end of the day, it's a way to achieve your big goals, like buying that home, starting that business, and retiring on your own terms.

Sallie Krawcheck

As a society, we have this perception that women are emotional. The research, however, tells us that, on trading floors, that poor risk rises and falls with testosterone levels, and these trading floors are 85 percent, 90 percent male, and these gentlemen tend, under periods of stress, to show off for each other. That's dangerous.

Sallie Krawcheck