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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Behavioral Finance by Duke University

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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 Christopher J D

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Feb 1, 2024

Not enough discussion on the different biases, introduce situational examples but really failed to explain the relevant biases at play. Also thought the materials/readings were not lacking in substance.

By James O

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Oct 5, 2021

The format for Quiz 1 is FUBAR. Messages to the site bring NO response or correction to the problem. Avoid courses from Duke! They evidently aren't computer savey or concerned.

By Abbas Y

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May 1, 2023

I would've read a book instead of this course, it's all filled with presentations and readings. A course should be videos not readings.

By Sophia E

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Dec 4, 2023

Please I would like to unenroll for this course. I can't say much about it because I don't see the value since I'm not interested

By Deleted A

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Oct 8, 2024

I was not able to verify my ID though I had fulfilled the requirements to claim my course completion certificate

By Maryam A

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Jun 19, 2025

the course was extremely boring, and the assignment were testing your memorization more than your understanding

By Piyush P

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May 5, 2021

Lectures and readings don't go hand in hand with the quizzes

By pratha a

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Sep 10, 2024

not very informative or good , not worth the money at all.

By Erfan T

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Jul 16, 2022

I think the lecturers could sometimes teach a bit more!!!!

By Sophie H

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Jun 16, 2021

Very boring. Excessive reading. Would not recommend

By Tahmid M

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Sep 6, 2021

Course materials such as videos were missing.

By Wai N C

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Feb 5, 2022

Trash Course. Don't take this course!

By Welcome T

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Aug 26, 2024

unfinished / incomplete course

By Samir Y

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Oct 9, 2021

Too hard for beginners

By VALERIA A A M

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May 4, 2021

Little info for exams

By Peter F C

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Apr 19, 2021

Terrible...