In this series, it’s my goal to help you recognise the biases that can subtly – and sometimes not so subtly – pull or push your thinking into making decisions about your finances that aren’t entirely rational. When you’re able to recognise these pushes and pulls, you’ll be able to make smarter choices about your money, and hopefully end up saving and earning more.
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Better Financial Decisions - Episode 10 | Season2
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We’ve reached the end of Season 2 of The Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast. In this episode, you’ll get some bonus questions and answers from all of our guests for the season. We’ve asked them to analyse their own financial behaviour when it comes to the many biases we unpacked throughout the season. It’s really great to see that we are all human…
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We’re wrapping up Season 2 of The Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast and asking all of our guests for the season some interesting questions about their own financial behaviour. We extract some final additional wisdom to help all of us make better financial decisions. You don’t want to miss the final episode of the season!…
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In this episode of The Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast, we’re looking at how you can overcome Home Bias by chatting about diversification. This is a risk management strategy for investing and a vital part of any investment portfolio. To help us really understand diversification, we’ve got the queen of ETFs and of spreadsheets Nerina Visser as o…
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Episode 9 of The Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast is coming soon and we’re continuing our discussion on home bias by looking at diversification. We’ve also got Nerina Visser as our guest to help with some very practical tips.By Dr Gizelle Willows
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Home bias is just what it sounds like – you prefer to choose things that are closer to home. For investing, this can mean that you have too many assets in your portfolio that are linked to the country you’re living in or the company you work for – and this can lead to major problems. One of Gizelle’s former PHD students, Shreeya Jugnandan, is our g…
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It’s the home stretch for season 2 of the Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast and we’re kicking it off by exploring Home Bias in episode 8. We’ve also got some practical tips for avoiding this bias from Dr Shreeya Jugnandan. She delivered a framework to help us manage our biases (generally) when making decisions – you don’t want to miss that!…
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Primacy and Recency Effects - Episode 7 | Season2
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In this episode of The Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast, we’re looking at two biases that are all about the order in which you receive information and how that can impact the way you make decisions. These are the Primacy Effect (also known as First Impression Bias) and Recency Bias. They’re similar but not quite the same. To help us with our dis…
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We’ve got a two-for-one special happening in episode 7 of The Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast! We’re discussing First Impression Bias (or the Primacy Effect) and Recency Bias. We also chat to Kristia van Heerden about the reality of stop-losses and some strategies for trading success. Make sure you stay tuned for the discussion – coming next we…
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Availability bias is all about how we are influenced by information that is readily available, and how we often don’t do enough research before making decisions. In episode 6 of The Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast, we’re breaking down this bias and taking a look at just how big an impact it can have when we aren’t focusing on the bigger picture…
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It pretty much goes without saying that any decision we make is based on the information we have at hand – and this is where availability bias comes in. We’re talking to professor Hersh Shefrin in episode 6 of The Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast to help unravel this bias. And of course, we can’t chat to him without talking about two treacherous…
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Impression Management - Episode 5 | Season2
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Impression management is exactly what you think it is – tactics and strategies deployed to manage the impression you have of someone or something. What’s important to know is that loss aversion and the understanding of how that impacts human behaviour is a large part of those impression management tactics. For episode 5 of The Nudging Financial Beh…
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Did you know that it’s possible to use loss aversion to your benefit? This is where impression management comes in, and this is what we’re covering in episode 5 of The Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast.By Dr Gizelle Willows
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The Disposition Effect - Episode 4 | Season2
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We’re still looking at loss aversion in episode 4 of The Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast – that’s right, it’s a big topic! Today, we’re breaking down the disposition effect, which is all about how loss aversion manifests itself in the world of investing. Our guest is Professor Terry Odean from the Haas School of Business at the University of Ca…
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It’s time to look at how loss aversion manifests itself in our investing decisions – introducing the disposition effect. Episode 4 of The Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast is coming soon!By Dr Gizelle Willows
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Navigating uncertainty - Episode 3 | Season2
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In episode 3 of The Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast, we’re looking at uncertainty and how it differs from risk. This discussion is all about known and unknown probabilities. We also unpack two biases – The Gambler’s Fallacy and The Hot-Hand Effect. We thought that the best way to really get to grips with these biases was to chat to someone who …
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Did you know that there’s a difference between risk and uncertainty? It can totally change the way you look at making financial decisions. In episode 3 of The Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast, we dive even deeper into our discussion on risk and loss aversion.By Dr Gizelle Willows
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Loss aversion is a big bias. It can impact us in so many ways – causing us to make strange decisions about money. This bias can actually cause you to become risk seeking when you’re faced with a possible loss and then risk averse when you have a gain on your hands. Yes, that’s quite complex behaviour… so we break it down for you carefully. Our gues…
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And just like that, we’ve hit the ground running with season 2! The second episode of the Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast is coming soon. We’re continuing our discussion from episode 1 with an in-depth look at loss aversion and how that can impact our trading decisions.By Dr Gizelle Willows
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To kick off season 2 of The Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast, we’re talking about a big topic – risk. Risk aversion and risk tolerance are two big concepts that you need to wrap your head around if you want to understand one of the strongest pulls on how and why you make specific decisions about your money. To help us unpack risk tolerance, we h…
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Are you ready for season 2 of The Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast? Episode 1 is dropping soon – so stay tuned! In this episode, we’re jumping right into talking about risk and understanding how your ability to tolerate risk can impact your money decisions.By Dr Gizelle Willows
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Behavioural biases unpacked - Episode 10 | Season 1
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We made it to the end of season 1! In this episode, we recap our discussions on the behavioural biases we’ve discussed so far. We also bring back all of our experts – they had to have the final word, of course! You’re in for a treat as they give personal stories of their own financial mistakes and how they fell prey to behavioural biases. It’s real…
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Get ready for the final episode of season 1 of the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast. We’re recapping everything we discussed, and we have all of our experts back for some more input and some personal stories of their own financial mistakes.By Dr Gizelle Willows
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The anchoring bias is a fascinating one, and part of the human psyche that is sometimes quite hard to understand. We get ourselves anchored to pieces of information that may or may not have any bearing on the facts and the decision we need to make. To help unpack anchoring bias and how we can try to be aware of it in our lives, we talk to Louise Be…
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In episode 9 of the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast, we’re talking about anchoring. Make sure you catch this fascinating discussion. We’re joined by guest Louise Bedford – trading mentor, author and host of her own podcast, Talking Trading.By Dr Gizelle Willows
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The Framing Effect - Episode 8 | Season 1
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Welcome to our discussion on the framing effect. This bias is all about giving context to information – something that we require in order to understand the information we’re receiving. The problem with framing is that it can be done maliciously to make a decision that’s not in your favour. If you change the context or the frame surrounding a piece…
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Episode 8 – the framing effect – is coming soon! In this episode of Nudging Financial Behaviour, we talk about what framing is and why it’s important to be aware of. We also chat to certified financial planner, Louis van der Merwe.By Dr Gizelle Willows
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Confirmation bias plays a massive part in the way we all think and make decisions. In this episode, we’re delving into what this bias actually is and how to recognise it in ourselves. It’s so important to be able to spot confirmation bias at play because we can miss a lot when we aren’t aware of it. To help us get a better understanding of how we a…
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It’s almost time for episode 7 of the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast! In this episode, we’re delving into confirmation bias and chatting to social media expert Rachel Alberts about the echo chamber effect.By Dr Gizelle Willows
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Overconfidence Bias - Episode 6 | Season 1
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Overconfidence – that feeling that you can do no wrong and your decisions will always work out for you. This is what we’re unpacking in this episode of the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast. Overconfidence bias is a tricky one because there can be a fine line between confidence and overconfidence. The problem is, one is good for you and the other…
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Episode 6 of the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast will be out soon! Get ready to start a deep dive into the actual biases that impact our behaviour and decision-making abilities as we take a look at overconfidence bias.By Dr Gizelle Willows
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System 1 and System 2 - Episode 5 | Season 1
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At last! We’re beginning our discussion on the actual biases that impact our behaviour and decision-making abilities. In this episode, we delve into what biases actually are and explore some psychology around how our brains process information. We thought it would be a good idea to start this discussion around biases with explaining Daniel Kahneman…
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Episode 5 of the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast is coming soon! We’re exploring what behavioural biases actually are and delving into the notion of System 1 and System 2 thinking with the help of Dr Daniel Crosby.By Dr Gizelle Willows
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We’re wrapping up our discussion on the common pitfalls that land so many of us in financial trouble. In this episode, we look briefly at irrational behaviour – there’ll be a lot more on this in the rest of the season. Then, we unpack risk aversion, lack of motivation and poor planning. To help with the unpacking, our guest for the episode is Dirk …
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In this episode, we explore the final 4 common pitfalls for financial trouble – irrational behaviour, risk aversion, lack of motivation and poor planning. We also chat to financial planner Dirk Groeneveld.By Dr Gizelle Willows
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We take a look at three more financial pitfalls in this episode. They are overconsumption or lifestyle creep, debt and insufficient savings. These three often go hand in hand – you get into debt because you’re trying to cover your lifestyle creep, and then you’re too busy focusing on paying off that debt rather than looking at your savings. Debt sp…
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Episode 3 is coming soon! In our discussion around debt and how to manage it, we chat to registered debt counsellor and Western Cape representative for DCASA Nadia de Weerdt.By Dr Gizelle Willows
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Financial Literacy - Episode 2 | Season 1
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In this episode, we start our discussion on the most common pitfalls that we all encounter when it comes to managing our money. I’ve dedicated the entire episode to one of the biggest pitfalls there is – financial illiteracy. To help you get to grips with the topic, I chat to certified financial planner Wynand Gouws. He works for the award-winning …
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Episode 2 is coming soon! In our discussion of financial literacy, we chat to financial planner Wynand Gouws from Gradidge Mahura Investments.By Dr Gizelle Willows
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Welcome to the Nudging Financial Behaviour Podcast - Episode 1 | Season 1
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In this podcast, you’ll learn all about what really impacts the way we make decisions – in particular, decisions about our finances. It’s a deep dive into behavioural finance and how this academic field of study can be applied to everyday money decisions. In episode one, we’re focusing on getting to know each other and the subject matter. You’ll le…
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Trailer for Episode 1 - Welcome to Nudging Financial Behaviour
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The very first episode of Nudging Financial Behaviour is coming soon! Featuring guest Rob van Eyden, CEO of IG Markets South Africa and our sponsor for this podcast.By Dr Gizelle Willows
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