Behavioral Finance by Finsapient

Description:

Financial investments and wealth creation is a hot topic among all types of investors – big or small. One of the underrated principles of financial investments is human behavior which plays a significant role in investment decisions, but most retail investors hardly understand it. This short course discusses various aspects of behavioral finance and decision-making. The financial expert's interactive question and answer format moderated with domain experts provides free-flowing discussion and easy-to-digest actionable insights.

Who is this course suitable for:

This course is suitable for investors who want to make intelligent choices in their wealth creation journey. The course is designed to keep in mind an average investor interested in growing her wealth through structured investments such as equity, mutual funds, bank deposits, etc. No specific knowledge of financial terms is needed. The course content is suitable for absolute beginners. The course is also ideal for finance and economics students to get a firm ground on essential behavioral finance concepts to study the subject further. 

3. Syllabus: 

1. Fundamentals of Behavioural Finance 
2. Real life implications of behavioural finance
3. Behavioural biases, and how to avoid them 
4. Can technology help reduce the bias in decision making 

4. Learning Outcomes – Students will learn following through this course 

1. Role of Human Behavior in financial decision making. 
2. Different types of human biases and their impact on investment strategies.
3. How to make rational investment decisions?
4. What are latest technology trends (such as AI/ML) in investment strategies?

5. Course Content Structure – Total time – 1 Hr

1. Module 1: Fundamentals of Behavioural Finance
2. Introduction to Course (2 min)
3. What is behavioral finance? How is it different from traditional finance? (4 min)
4. What are different types of biases that exist in investor’s behavior? (17 min)
5. How to mitigate risks due to behavioral biases while investing? (9 min)
6. How does endowment effect influence investors in decision making? (5 min)
7. Can Artificial Intelligence and machine learning take better financial decisions? (5 min)
8. Can Artificial Intelligence help in taking rational investment decisions? (4 min)
9. Will AI/ML based investments/trading dominate the future? (6 min)
10. Will AI/ML replace the investment thesis for investors in startup? (6 min)
11. Summary of the course (2 min)
12. Quiz 1

Key Features of the course: 

1. Flexible deadline 
2. Reset deadline as per your schedule
3. Sharable certificate
4. 100% online and online groups/community to discuss query for each course
5. Beginner level or Intermediate level etc
6. Approx 10 hours to complete