We are experiencing a paradox, a great paradox. And it is not good. Uncertainty in the long term but in the middle of duplicated days. For more than two months, we have been living in “Groundhog Day”. The effects and evolution of Covid19 in the generation of millions of infections and thousands of deaths, the […]
My personal, very deep, recognition goes to those of you who have been working since the beginning of the Covid19 crisis on the front line, with risks to your health and that of your families: health-care staff, security forces, transporters, employees of the Post Office and bakeries, employees of supermarkets, gardeners, employees of financial institutions, […]
What kind of personality best describes you as an investor? Financial coaching (2) Our different personality traits and preferences, along with a wide range of behavior with emotional and cognitive biases, have a strong impact on the way that we invest. The following are the ten worst errors of beginner investors. The idea that our money works […]
Coaching is also financial (1) Financial coaching is emerging as a differentiated approach to develop financial skills. It is a process that helps people to define financial goals and implement action plans. Financial coaching is currently developing and facing several challenges, including the lack of evidence in the practice. The development of financial coaching will […]
Financial inclusion can be improved by nudges. We can give a hand to our decision-making. Yes, people can. You can improve financial inclusion by nudges in a country like Afghanistan, in which only 10% of Afghans have a Bank account to save in. With the help of behavioral economics a savings product has been designed. M-pasandaz (“M-saving” in Dari) automatically and through mobile […]
The Save More Tomorrow, SMarT Plan, by Sholomo Benarzti and Richard Thaler, 2004, proposed a way to deal with the problems of retirement savings. No matter what we do, we are all in organizations pursuing changes in people’s behavior. This is the decision process in order to save for retirement. Analyzing the process we can […]
We live in the present, we are temporary discounters. We live our own cognitive biases: present, self-control, optimism, inertia, herd effect … There are proposals that emerge from Behavioral Economics that will help us to make the optimal decisions for us. And we are going to talk about our future and make it a reality. […]
Money and time are scarce resources that people think would bring them greater happiness. In all probability, the main shared cause of dissatisfaction is lack of time, for those who are fortunate to have money because they have a job. People want to play for time and to make money, but unfortunately there is not […]