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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

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.

LC

Oct 28, 2022

T​his was a great course and I love digging deeper into the behaviors that drive finance. I did feel though, that there was somewhat of a disconnect from the material to the quizes.

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By JOSE E L E

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Dec 17, 2022

A BIT CONFUSING, a better explanation is needed !!!!!!!!!!

By Alejandro P

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Nov 8, 2018

Promising, but too short. Also more readings than videos.

By Ramon

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Nov 14, 2017

Topics on the exam were not covered in the material.

By Jami C

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Mar 22, 2022

Would have preferred more videos and interaction.

By Richard A L

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Nov 25, 2022

an explanation of the answers would be helpful.

By Clarisse H M

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Mar 5, 2018

I miss some definitions about the course.

By Stephanie

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Jul 11, 2020

Study information could more detailed.

By Will

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Apr 3, 2020

課程內容不錯，但是教學影片有點短，都要靠自己閱讀PDF

而且PDF內容有些重複

By shashank s

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May 26, 2020

Nothing great as per my expectations

By Vivek R

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Nov 16, 2020

Narrator should be how interactive

By RISHIKA J

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Apr 14, 2020

Videos should be more interactive

By zcz

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Dec 5, 2021

there are no quiz2&3's answers

By Salah B

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Sep 18, 2020

Need more explanation videos

By Anil J

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Jan 8, 2021

It was mostly just notes .

By Jose A G V

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Jan 23, 2018

introductory, not too deep

By Ricardo O

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Aug 1, 2016

Excessively short course.

By Vedant R

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Nov 27, 2024

good but not that deep

By Ahmad A

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Dec 4, 2019

Thanks a lot

By seerat r

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Jul 14, 2020

nice course

By Syed R

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Sep 2, 2018

Boring

By Mahima p

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Sep 27, 2020

nice

By Rasmus B

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Dec 13, 2019

soso

By Insuk K

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May 18, 2021

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By paramashivam.s

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Apr 24, 2020

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By Anna C

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May 28, 2022

This course does not provide explanations for the concepts being taught in the materials/videos and after a quiz is taken. The student needs to do alot of self research (fine for learning/deepen the experience) but should not be FORCED to do so. Shame on Duke.

The quiz questions introduce concepts NOT taught in the pre-lessons, good thing have multiple chances to take the exam!

Please fix this course OR tell the student up front it involves more time to complete / expect to do additional

self-study: false advertising to estimate length of time to complete the course IF truly want to learn (which I think reason most students take the course).

After the first quiz was provided with explanations why answers right / wrong which deepened the learning experience. After the second and third quiz this was not done leaving you to dig and try to figure out on your own: not what expecting after signing up to learn! Please fix for future students, unsure if a Duke oversight or Coursera technical glitch though when inquired with Coursera they did not have a reason for it, just an apology.