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The Latest In Financial Psychology
Financial behaviors, wealth attitudes, and the science of building wealth.
China Sees Generational Changes In Savings Attitude
In a Wall Street Journal article this week, the perils of debt-supported spending by Chinese Gen Z-ers and millennials were contrasted with the potential benefits of a hyper-charged consumer economy. The upshot from a macro-economic perspective is that while some amount of borrowing can be good for an economy (leading to job creation and more[…]
A Partnership for Financial Wellness
One of the main missions of DataPoints is to help individuals improve the way in which they manage their financial lives using behavioral science. This mission has two important components: first, we have to understand our own patterns of money-related behaviors, personality, attitudes, and other characteristics as a starting point. Then, if we have the[…]
The Investing Mistakes of Millionaires (And The Rest of Us)
Sometime around 2000, I gambled some of my money away while fooling myself into thinking I was doing something very sophisticated. I wasn’t in Las Vegas: I was sitting at my computer buying shares of Krispy Kreme Donuts on eTrade. I had seen the front page of Forbes or Fortune or some other publication touting[…]
Psychological Schemas & Spending: Children’s Birthday Parties
When our first daughter was very young–not quite two years old–we attended our first-ever birthday party for a three-year-old. (I recently talked about this experience on the Afford Anything podcast with Paula Pant). We went as a family of three. It was 2:00 in the afternoon on a Saturday. We arrived and were somewhat taken[…]
Openness to Change in Personal Finance
If you’ve spent any amount of time contemplating how you might improve the condition of your health, career, finances, family, spirituality, or other important element of your life, you may inevitably reach the conclusion that a change of some kind is required. Many readers of our blog and books share a common conundrum: they acknowledge[…]
The Behavioral Science Toolkit for Financial Services
Understanding financial psychology can help avoid behavioral hurdles.
Identify Wealth Potential
Understand your clients’ patterns of financial behaviors. Enhance client potential to build and maintain wealth.
Assess Money Attitudes
Uncover your clients’ attitudes towards saving, spending, and investing.
Determine Risk Tolerance
Assess risk tolerance by measuring life experiences & behaviors. Give competency-based feedback to clients.