Introduction to Behavioural Finance

The course is aimed at beginners who want to understand the complex, yet interesting aspects of behavioural finance. The course will start with an introduction to basics of behavioural finance and how it impacts financial markets. The most common self-deception biases, cognitive biases, and emotional biases will then be discussed at length with appropriate examples and real-life case studies. We will discuss the causes and potential measures required to manage these biases. We will also discuss loss aversion and herding biases which have a great impact on the minds of investors. The course concludes with a section on the impact of unforeseen circumstances on the behavioural aspects of finance.

The course is offered by a team of experienced faculty at State Bank Institute of Consumer banking ,an Apex Training Institute of State Bank of India. Apart from Instructors, following faculty members have contributed to the content of the course.

Rabindra Kumar Mohanty

Avinash Agrawal

GV Rao

M Sai Chakradhar

Overview of Behavioural Finance

• Entropic Mind Leading to Self-Deception
• Cognitive Biases in Financial Decision Making
• Emotional and Social Biases in Financial Decision Making