Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl

Investing isn't a man's world anymore-and that's a good thing for individual portfolios, Wall Street, and the world's financial system.Compared to their male counterparts, women have scientifically been show to be more patient and wiser when it comes to making decisions-characteristics that epitomize the Foolish investment philosophy, as well as the investment temperament of the most successful investor in history, Warren Buffett. While men may be brash, compulsive, and overly daring, women tend to be more studious, skeptical, and reasonable. Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl empowers and educates women-and the men smart enough to embrace a "feminine" investing style-on how to strengthen their portfolios and find success in the market."You'll have to read her book to see the criteria she used, but I'd say I probably plead guilty."-Warren Buffett

Louann Lofton has been with The Motley Fool since January 2000, first as a writer, then as the managing editor for online content. She lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tom Gardner, along with his brother David, cofounded The Motley Fool, a multimedia financial education company, in 1993. They have coauthored five books and oversee the award-winning website Fool.com (with approximately five million unique visitors-per month); a nationally syndicated newspaper column, carried by over two hundred papers; and fourteen premium investing services worldwide. John lives with his wife in Northern California.