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About the Course

We make thousands of decisions every day. Do I cross the road now, or wait for the oncoming truck to pass? Should I eat fries or a salad for lunch? How much should I tip the cab driver? We usually make these decisions with almost no thought, using what psychologists call “heuristics” – rules of thumb that enable us to navigate our lives. Without these mental shortcuts, we would be paralyzed by the multitude of daily choices. But in certain circumstances, these shortcuts lead to predictable errors – predictable, that is, if we know what to watch out for. Did you know, for example, that we are naturally biased towards selling investments that are doing well for us, but holding on to those that are doing poorly? Or that we often select sub-optimal insurance payment plans, and routinely purchase insurance that we don’t even need? And why do so many of us fail to enroll in our employer’s corporate retirement plans, even when the employer offers to match our contributions? Behavioral finance is the study of these and dozens of other financial decision-making errors that can be avoided, if we are familiar with the biases that cause them. In this course, we examine these predictable errors, and discover where we are most susceptible to them. This course is intended to guide participants towards better financial choices. Learn how to improve your spending, saving, and investing decisions for the future....

Top reviews

JS

Jul 18, 2020

Engaging and challenging course. Taking the course gave me a lot of realizations as to my biases on investing and personal finance that I should strive hard to consciously avoid.

LC

Oct 28, 2022

T​his was a great course and I love digging deeper into the behaviors that drive finance. I did feel though, that there was somewhat of a disconnect from the material to the quizes.

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By Antonio S

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Jan 15, 2022

Very good! Improving my investments abilities.

By Krishna A

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Apr 26, 2020

Nice quick course. Concepts explained clearly!

By Carlos V

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Oct 14, 2016

Excellent course if you plan to be an investor

By Christopher F

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Sep 2, 2024

Excellent start to my 401(k) investing career

By Anvi R

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Jun 4, 2022

Informative and the quizzes were interesting

By Nagin N

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Jul 5, 2021

Very well structured course. Congratulations!

By Remo B

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Jun 10, 2020

Very nice introduction to Behavioral Finance.

By Fabio A L C

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Jun 16, 2017

Curso muito bom! Conceitos muito importantes!

By Anna W

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Jul 26, 2025

Very useful course, even for everyday living

By John M

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Apr 7, 2025

Really insightful and great use of examples.

By Diego D

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Oct 5, 2020

¡Excelente curso! Insights muy interesantes.

By Saumitra V P

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May 13, 2020

Wonderful Course. Great learning adventure .

By 王宣杰

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Feb 17, 2020

I learned a lot and solved many of my doubts

By Bala M K B

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Jul 29, 2025

Very good tutorial about economics behavior

By Muhammed R N

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Jun 4, 2020

Outstanding and clear look into Beh Finance

By SHIJUMON K J

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May 14, 2020

very nice learning. But need more examples.

By Dr. J P M

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May 4, 2020

Excellent Course for Finance Professionals.

By panashe m

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Jun 5, 2025

The course was very helpful and insightful

By john l

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Aug 7, 2024

interesting course filled with information

By Tomoko C

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Sep 2, 2021

using real life example was very helpful.

By Puneet G

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May 23, 2021

Excellent learnings on behavioural Finance

By Karthikeyan S

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Oct 23, 2020

Good course materials and helped me a lot

By Scalesse

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Apr 13, 2019

Great introduction to behavioral finance!

By Ray A C

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Mar 8, 2017

Great course, great topics, well covered!

By Cristian L S G

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Dec 13, 2020

Amazing insights. Thanks for the course!