Name: Behavioral Finance
Brand: Duke University
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4.4 (1124 reviews)

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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

Apr 1, 2021

The concepts are explained in detail but sometimes too much in detail without parallel examples to real life that sometimes, all biases seem to be the same. More videos needed.

Jul 18, 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 Jorge A M R

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Oct 14, 2019

Very interesting course, concepts and examples.

By JEAN F V

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Apr 10, 2021

key notions are given with very good examples

By Samardeep V

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Apr 22, 2020

Please include more biases and case studies.

By Edgar S

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Apr 13, 2020

It would be nice to have more video content.

By 林菁

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Nov 2, 2018

行为金融学知识很丰富很有趣，知道了很多思维中的小悖论。如果课程内容能更有条理就完美了~

By Suman D

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Mar 13, 2022

Very informative in short time, for newbie

By Avyam G

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Jul 2, 2025

amazing content but difficult assessments

By Di W

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Sep 7, 2020

Very nice topic. Too much reading though.

By Ashish B

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Oct 24, 2020

Very nice course. Very well explained...

By Techid T

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Jan 5, 2025

Missing some tests answer explanations

By Borremans J

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Aug 20, 2020

a list of definitions might be useful

By Rajesh M

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Feb 19, 2017

Best course,very good study material.

By Lucilene A L

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May 31, 2022

Legal! mas eu nao entendi o ingles!

By Myrella D

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Oct 4, 2022

Curso explicativo e interessante!

By PRATEEK N

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Jul 18, 2020