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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

AM

Aug 15, 2017

Great course! It allows to understand the twisted logic that run in our heads. Helps to establish the balance between probabilistic truth and illusions that infect our decision-making. Thanks a lot!

SK

Feb 25, 2020

Good course! There is just one thing I would improve here - an explanation of the mistakes after the tests are done. This improvement should increase the student`s understanding of specific topics.

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By Juan J C

Feb 22, 2021

Excellent Course. Congratulation to Duke Univeristy and the Instructors

By MIDHUN S N 1

Aug 16, 2020

the course helped me to gain a lot of insights into behavioral finance.

By Araya W

Nov 28, 2017

The course contents are very informative.

Great course for this subject.

By Evan B

Jan 2, 2023

Excellent course with very interestings topics and very good materials

By Thành Đ T

Jan 18, 2017

Overall, it summaries all the concepts you need in behavioral finance.

By James M

Nov 26, 2020

Wonderful course. Works well with Financial Markets course. Thanks.

By Tugce O

Nov 24, 2020

Really helped me to build the understanding of the course. Thank you.

By Suwaphit L

Jun 6, 2020

Well-structure course, really enjoy learning the knowledge with Emma.

By Pranav K

Jun 5, 2020

Dring this pandemic this was the best part and had learnt many things

By Alexandre B

Mar 31, 2018

Good course for touching the high level of very interesting concepts.

By david l

Apr 20, 2023

Wonderful Course. I truly enjoyed it. I also learned a great deal.

By nishanth r

Aug 23, 2020

This is an amazing course and I highly recommend it to all branches.

By Helio L C

Jun 8, 2020

Examples of real cases makes easier the understanding of the issues.

By Win T

Jun 10, 2024

Sounds great to learn, One should have study that kind of training.

By Griselda R

Dec 29, 2021

Es muy Práctico y se nota que ama hablar del tema, que le apasiona.

By Nisly L

Mar 15, 2021

very interesting topic, but much harder than i thought it would be.

By Saishankar S

Jul 23, 2020

A fabulous course giving a complete overview with lots of examples.

By Merwyn N

Aug 17, 2017

Superb understanding of concepts with relatable everyday examples.

By AWANISH K

May 9, 2020

Learnt a lot about Behavioral Finance, and that too from scratch.

By Rabia F

Jun 4, 2023

so good course. contributed a lot to me about behavioral finance

By bini b

Oct 21, 2022

that is the great coursse it change my persepective about money

By Kapil J

Aug 9, 2022

It have help to get better understanding of financial behaviour.

By Antonina F

May 21, 2020

Great course! Thank you for an amazing experience and knowledge.

By Selvi S

May 11, 2020

good one . Little complicated but learnt a lot from the program.

By RUBEN L G

Mar 29, 2018

Muy interesante, ideas confirmadas a evitar y mucho que pensar.