Behavioral Finance
Discover how psychological influences and biases may affect your financial behavior.
How Can You Preserve Your Assets for Your Heirs?
Austin Jarvis speaks with Mark Riepe about the complications of estate taxes—and what you can do if the estate tax exemptions change in 2026.
When Should You Take Social Security?
Mark Riepe is joined by Rob Williams and Susan Hirshman to examine one of the most critical retirement decisions: When should you take Social Security?
Can the Olympics Teach Us About Our Own Behavior?
Mark Riepe explains the cognitive and emotional biases that show up across different Olympic choices and judgments and the lessons we can glean from them for our own financial decision-making.
How Do You Save for Vacations & Travel?
Mark Riepe and Cindy Scott discuss how financial planning can help you save for short-term goals like travel and vacations without adding risk to your long-term financial future.
What Should You Know About Annuities?
A basic overview of annuities and how they can fit into an investor's retirement plan—with Rob Williams, a managing director and Retirement Income Certified Professional at Schwab.
(Bonus) Does Your Portfolio Need Decluttering?
In the spirit of spring cleaning, Susan Hirshman returns for a bonus episode to share helpful methods for decluttering your portfolio.
Do Investing Pros Make Smart Buy and Sell Decisions?
Alex Imas, professor of behavioral science and economics at Chicago Booth, visits to discuss new research into the effects of heuristic thinking on institutional investors' performance.
How Can You Save for College?
What financial tools and strategies are available to those planning for college expenses?
What Should You Do with Your Employee Stock?
Whether it's stock options, restricted stock units, an employee stock purchase plan, or some other form of equity compensation, many companies offer this vital benefit to employees. But once you have it, what should you do with it?
(Bonus) Do Super Bowl Wins Diminish in Value?
In this short bonus episode from Financial Decoder, host Mark Riepe connects the Super Bowl LVIII matchup to the concept of economic utility.