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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

KB

Jun 5, 2025

Extremely informative, especially as I have almost no prior knowledge about finance. If you want to enrich your knowledge pertaining financial decisions and managements, this is the best course.

JS

Jul 19, 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.

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By katethip v

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May 18, 2025

insightful and real-life applicable

By David S

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Jun 20, 2022

Great course and great instructors.

By Marc T N

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Jul 5, 2020

Very interesting and instructive!!!

By Pranshul A

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Oct 3, 2019

nice course got to learn new things

By Sachin M L

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Oct 9, 2023

A must-do for anyone and everyone.

By Kingtau M

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Sep 21, 2020

Challenging and Interesting Course

By Penny L D G

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Jan 24, 2020

Interesting material. Instructors

By Ben M R

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Dec 19, 2019

Fascinating! Enjoyed the content.

By maddipatla h

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Mar 29, 2021

Very Insightful and well designed

By KC W

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Apr 29, 2020

Very Nice. Thank you, professors.

By MrZackEnglish

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Jun 26, 2019

Very good and entertaining course

By Priyanshu S

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May 28, 2024

best course if you love reading.

By Abderrazek H E

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Jan 3, 2023

Wonderful course and instructors

By Dhanraj M

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Dec 13, 2021

It was great back when I did it.

By Max D

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Aug 22, 2021

Great Course! Lovely to do more!

By Ryan L

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Aug 19, 2020

Great coursework! Learned a ton.

By Quanita m

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Jun 10, 2020

I'm so glad I chose this course!

By John H

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Oct 24, 2019

Enjoyable and interesting class.

By Tomás H O

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Jul 13, 2017

Practical, interesting, on point

By Roy S

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Jan 5, 2024

Tough, but fun and informative.

By Latifa H H A

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May 26, 2022

thank you

it was very interesing

By Heshma H T

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Jul 29, 2020

It was a good session.Thank you

By Leandro C M

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Jun 24, 2019

Very good!! I highly recommend!

By Mars

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Sep 15, 2024

Excellent material. Thank you.

By Firman F

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May 13, 2022

Great course. Amazing lecture.