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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 Fernando F L

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Apr 24, 2019

Excelente conteúdo.

By JORGE D V Y M

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Mar 1, 2018

Recomiendo el curso

By Maximiliano C

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Jul 29, 2025

Excellent course !

By Jo F D V M

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Nov 27, 2024

Good for students

By Isaac H

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Jul 26, 2021

Excellent course!

By ZhouXiaolong

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Jul 24, 2021

exExcellent course

By Enoch P

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Jul 18, 2021

Very informative.

By Tracy V

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Oct 3, 2019

Great course. Well

By yunan y

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Feb 7, 2019

Interesting Course

By René A M

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Apr 25, 2018

Really good course

By Marcus C

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Apr 24, 2017

Excellent course!!

By TIANZUOTIAN

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Mar 26, 2022

Excellent Course!

By Rouba C

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Jun 23, 2021

very informative!

By Deleted A

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Sep 3, 2020

Great discovery !

By Nasario M

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Jul 7, 2020

Excellent Course!

By John C

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Jan 16, 2020

Excellent course.

By Ashwini. K

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Sep 14, 2019

Wonerful Learning

By Fabio C M

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Oct 22, 2017

Excellent course!

By Diego C B

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Jul 11, 2017

Very Good Course!

By Aliya T

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May 6, 2017

Excellent course!

By Jie C

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Oct 23, 2016

Very interesting!

By Ruslan

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Aug 15, 2016

Excellent course!

By Ronaldo W

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Apr 21, 2021

wonderful method

By DR. B D

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May 10, 2020

Excellent course

By Priyanka A

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Jul 3, 2019

Great Experience