Psychology of Investing: Master Investor Emotions

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Psychology of Investing: Master Investor Emotions

This course is part of Sustainable Finance and ESG Management Specialization

Instructor: TSV Learning

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Identify emotional biases, including fear, greed, and FOMO, and evaluate their impact on investment decisions.
Apply structured portfolio reviews, emotional-control techniques, and risk-aware decision frameworks during market uncertainty.
Analyze financial bubbles, leverage, liquidity risks, and historical market crashes to support rational investing decisions.

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There are 4 modules in this course

Why do investors chase rising prices, panic during market crashes, or abandon their risk rules? Discover how investment psychology and behavioral finance influence financial decisions—and learn to invest with greater emotional discipline.

Designed for beginner-to-intermediate investors, finance students, and aspiring professionals, this course explores fear, greed, FOMO, emotional biases, and decision-making under uncertainty. Learn to build disciplined investing habits through structured portfolio reviews, evidence-based decision frameworks, investment journals, and emotional-control techniques. Examine how information overload, social-media influence, and trading pressure affect investment choices. Explore financial bubbles, speculative manias, leverage, and liquidity risks. Learn to identify bubble warning signs, assess investment opportunities using fundamentals and valuation considerations, and evaluate crisis-response strategies. Through practical investment scenarios and historical market lessons, you'll develop the ability to recognize emotional triggers, assess speculative risks, and make rational investment decisions. What makes this course distinctive is its focus on behavioral awareness, portfolio discipline, and crisis preparedness—not market timing, investment recommendations, or guaranteed returns.

Explore the psychology of fear, greed, and emotional bias in investing. Learn how market-crash stress and uncertainty influence choices, then develop rational decision frameworks and emotional self-awareness.

What's included

8 videos4 assignments

8 videosTotal 69 minutes

Understanding Investor Emotions8 minutes
Emotional Intelligence and Investment Discipline8 minutes
How Fear and Greed Influence Investing9 minutes
Recognizing and Controlling Emotional Biases9 minutes
Psychological Stress During Market Crashes9 minutes
Preparing Emotionally for Market Crashes8 minutes
Understanding Investment Decisions Under Uncertainty9 minutes
Building Rational Investment Decision Frameworks8 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Investor Emotions and Investment Discipline10 minutes
Fear, Greed, and Market Crash Psychology10 minutes
Decisions Under Uncertainty10 minutes
Understanding Investor Emotions and Rational Decisions30 minutes

Build structured portfolio monitoring habits, define decision triggers, and manage information overload. Practice emotional control and risk-aware investment decisions during trading pressure, market crises, and liquidity stress.

What's included

8 videos4 assignments

8 videosTotal 77 minutes

Building Disciplined Portfolio Monitoring Habits9 minutes
Portfolio Review and Decision Triggers10 minutes
Practical Techniques for Emotional Control9 minutes
Managing Emotional Reactions and Information10 minutes
Managing Trading Pressure and Risk10 minutes
Information Overload and Trading Discipline9 minutes
Investment Decisions During Financial Crises10 minutes
Liquidity Management and Crisis Planning10 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Portfolio Monitoring and Decision Triggers10 minutes
Emotional Control and Trading Discipline10 minutes
Investment Decisions and Liquidity During Crises10 minutes
Portfolio Discipline and Crisis Management30 minutes

Investigate FOMO, social influence, and responsible investment research. Explain how financial bubbles and speculative manias form, why liquidity can disappear during reversals, and how leverage magnifies risk.

What's included

9 videos4 assignments

9 videosTotal 84 minutes

Understanding FOMO and Market Psychology7 minutes
FOMO Driven Investing and Speculation8 minutes
Social Media Influence on Investors9 minutes
Algorithms and Responsible Investment Research9 minutes
Psychology Behind Financial Bubble Formation11 minutes
Bubble Bursts and Liquidity Risks10 minutes
Speculative Manias and Market Reversals10 minutes
Leverage and Speculative Market Crashes10 minutes
Comparing FOMO and Rational Investing10 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

FOMO, Social Influence, and Responsible Research10 minutes
Financial Bubble Formation and Liquidity Risks10 minutes
Speculative Manias, Leverage, and Rational Investing10 minutes
FOMO, Financial Bubbles, and Speculative Risks30 minutes

Evaluate investment opportunities and early bubble warnings through evidence rather than excitement. Use investment journals to strengthen discipline and compare behavioral patterns across historical bubbles and financial crises.

What's included

9 videos4 assignments

9 videosTotal 84 minutes

Evaluating Opportunities Through Rational Analysis9 minutes
Recognizing Early Financial Bubble Signals12 minutes
Crowded Trades and Valuation Risksf11 minutes
Identifying Emotion Driven Investment Decisions8 minutes
Investment Journaling and Decision Discipline9 minutes
Building Consistent Emotional Control Habits8 minutes
Comparing Historical Financial Market Bubbles11 minutes
Common Patterns Behind Market Crashes10 minutes
Behavioral Lessons from Financial Crises8 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Evaluating Opportunities and Bubble Warning Signs10 minutes
Investment Journaling and Emotional Control10 minutes
Historical Bubbles, Crashes, and Behavioral Lessons10 minutes
Rational Investment Habits and Historical Market Lessons30 minutes

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