In this episode Chanel dives deep into the gender investment gap, why it exists, how it shows up in our lives, and what can happen when you decide to step into your superpower as an investor.

You’ll hear the story behind the £678 billion gender investment gap, the emotional and cultural barriers that have kept women from investing, and the mindset shifts that can turn fear into financial freedom.

Key Moments within the Episode

(00:36 ) Gender investment gap overview and UK statistics

(02:27 ) The gender pay gap and how it affects investment confidence

(03:21 ) Barriers to investing: confidence and risk awareness

(05:08 ) Media representation and the power of seeing yourself in finance

(06:03 ) How neuroscience explains why representation changes beliefs

(08:14 ) Data shows women outperform men, Warwick Business School study

(11:21 ) Building confidence through incremental steps

(13:20 ) The action vs. motion mindset and why starting matters

(15:05 ) The best time to start is now: overcoming procrastination

(19:11 ) Breaking the “people like me don’t invest” belief

(23:42 ) Power Move of the Week: Flip the Fear

(25:18 ) Own what you love: invest in brands you believe in

Chanel Monteine is a former CNBC London journalist turned entrepreneur who’s bringing you along her investing and money mindset journey.

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Helpful Links

The Gender Investment Gap: overview and research by Boring Money (2025) https://www.boringmoneybusiness.co.uk/learn/articles/the-gender-investment-gap-increases-for-second-year-in-a-row/

Barriers to investing https://www.etoro.com/academy/education/how-to-start-investing/

Representation and perception https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/women-finance-gender-gap/

Wall Street film reference https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/

Mirror neurons and representation effect https://positivepsychology.com/mirror-neurons/

On risk management https://www.etoro.com/investing/risk-management/

2018 Warwick Business School study https://www.wbs.ac.uk/news/are-women-better-investors-than-men/

Confidence through incremental steps https://jamesclear.com/continuous-improvement

1% improvement rule (37x growth) https://jamesclear.com/continuous-improvement

First investment regret (Bitcoin 2018) https://jamesclear.com/motion-vs-action

“The best time to start” concept https://www.etoro.com/investing/why-should-i-start-investing/

Risk appetite analogy (mountain climbers vs. hikers) https://www.etoro.com/en-us/news-and-analysis/etoro-updates/risk-score-what-it-is-and-how-its-calculated/

Learn more about how eToro is closing the gender investment gap at https://www.etoro.com/LoudInvesting

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