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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

SS

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.

JS

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 Maryam A

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Jun 19, 2025

the course was extremely boring, and the assignment were testing your memorization more than your understanding

By Timothy H

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Jan 15, 2026

Too many games. Stick to popping short quiz as we go along. I learned hardly anything.

By Piyush P

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May 4, 2021

Lectures and readings don't go hand in hand with the quizzes

By pratha a

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Sep 10, 2024

not very informative or good , not worth the money at all.

By Erfan T

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Jul 16, 2022

I think the lecturers could sometimes teach a bit more!!!!

By Sophie H

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Jun 15, 2021

Very boring. Excessive reading. Would not recommend

By Tahmid M

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Sep 5, 2021

Course materials such as videos were missing.

By Mr S

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Oct 26, 2025

not interesting and not useful unfortunately

By Wai N C

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Feb 4, 2022

Trash Course. Don't take this course!

By Welcome T

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Aug 26, 2024

unfinished / incomplete course

By Samir Y

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Oct 8, 2021

Too hard for beginners

By VALERIA A A M

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May 3, 2021

Little info for exams

By Peter F C

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Apr 18, 2021

Terrible...