More Proof That Women Are Better Investors Than Men

Remember my earlier post that indicated that women who invest end up doing better than men? Well, a group of Scottish schoolgirls bested stock market investers in a competition.

AN ALL-GIRL team of Scots secondary school pupils has taken the top prize in a national investment competition, after making a near 30 per cent gain playing the stock market - a return that trumps a host of professional fund managers.

The four sixth-year pupils from Arbroath High School - Claire Cargill, 17, Elizabeth Gibson, 17, Luath Glendinning, 18, and Alanna Ferguson, 18 - turned £1,500 into £1,937.93, netting a 29.2 per cent rise over the course of the eight-month contest.

That far outstripped the lift in the index of Britain's listed companies - the FTSE All-Share climbed just 7.96 per cent over the same period - and was hailed "an outstanding performance" in tough market conditions.