Behavioral Finance

Behavioral finance is the study of the influence of psychology on the behavior of financial practitioners. In the course, you will learn about the wide range of decision-making biases and information processing errors that influence our financial decision-making. We’ll start the course with what behavioral finance is and its impacts on financial markets. We will then explore the most common self-deception biases, cognitive biases, and emotional biases. We will discuss their causes and potential measures you can take to manage them. We’ll finish the course by discussing loss aversion and herding bias. 

 

 

About This Course

Behavioral finance is the study of the influence of psychology on the behavior of financial practitioners. In the course, you will learn about the wide range of decision-making biases and information processing errors that influence our financial decision-making. We’ll start the course with what behavioral finance is and its impacts on financial markets. We will then explore the most common self-deception biases, cognitive biases, and emotional biases. We will discuss their causes and potential measures you can take to manage them. We’ll finish the course by discussing loss aversion and herding bias.

Outline

Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

• Understand what behavioral finance is, how it differs from modern finance, and how it impacts financial markets
• Describe the most common self-deception biases, their causes, and potential measures you can take to prevent them
• Understand cognitive biases and explore their root causes with real-life examples
• List the most common emotional biases and discuss their causes with examples
• Understand loss aversion and other biases that contribute to its effect
• Study the herding bias and other social factors that distort decision-making

This Behavioral Finance course is perfect for anyone who wants to be well-rounded in their analysis. This course is designed to equip anyone who desires to begin a career in fixed income, equity, sales and trading, or other areas of finance.

About Our Expert
		Scott Powell  Scott is a CFI founder and the company’s Chief Content Officer. Now based in Vancouver, Scott spent a significant portion of his career in London, New York, and Hong Kong. Scott has a passion for teaching with over 25 years of experience designing and delivering learning solutions for firms in the financial services sector — particularly in the areas of commercial banking, investment banking, capital markets, and asset management. Some of the companies he has worked with over his career include Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BCI, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, ING, JP Morgan, Royal Bank of Scotland, and TD Bank, to name but a few.

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Registration
Membership Type	Price
Members	$ 153.00
Non Members	$ 170.00

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