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Behavioral Finance Foundations

With Michael McDonald Liked by 1,411 users
Duration: 2h Skill level: Beginner Released: 11/21/2019

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When it comes to money, even the most rational people can be swayed by bias and emotion. Behavioral finance uses psychology to explain why investors make bad financial decisions. In this course, professor Michael McDonald explores the basics of behavioral finance and how it impacts market performance as well as individual decision-marking and personal investment strategy. Learn how personal history, appetite for risk, and difficulty with probability estimation impact investing and the different financial vehicles available to mitigate risk. Discover how biases such as anchoring and framing affect investors, and how sentiment and anomalies impact the stock market. Finally, learn practical investment strategies to remove bias and make sure you are making sound trading decisions.

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  • Felicisima Ibana Felicisima Ibana

    Felicisima Ibana

    Elementary School Teacher at Department of Education Region V Camarines Norte

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  • Dmitry Bashmakov Dmitry Bashmakov

    Dmitry Bashmakov

    Web Software Developer at ITM Instruments

    5/5 December 13, 2024
    I really enjoyed the course - there is so much food for thought! It’s given me a lot to reflect on and rethink my investment habits. :)
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  • Eric Severson Eric Severson

    Eric Severson

    Educator at New York City Department of Education, UFT strong two time candidate for VP of the UFT

    5/5 July 3, 2024
    This course is exactly what I was hoping it would be. It's engaging and uses real-world examples of recent events and trends in the stock market, technical enough to be worthwhile for aspiring finance professionals but practical and real world enough to be accessible.
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  • Practice while you learn 2 exercise files
  • Test your knowledge 4 quizzes
  • Learn on the go Access on tablet and phone
  • Stay up to date Continuing Education Units

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