Épisodes

  • Investor FOMO...and what advisors can do about it
    Feb 24 2023

    Dr. Charles and Dr. Brad open the show talking about FOMO and how it can impact a client's risk profile as well as their communication with their advisor. They then talk about ways that advisors can plan for and respond to FOMO both during and in the beginning of the client-planner relationship. 

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    27 min
  • What Every Financial Planner should know about Goals
    Jan 27 2023

    Dr. Charles and Dr. Brad begin the show by talking about motivation and how it impacts client behavior. They then outline 4 things every planner should know about both setting goals as well as ways of helping clients stay focused on their goals (and the client-planner relationship). As usual, they sprinkle-in some bad jokes throughout the episode. 

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    23 min
  • What are your clients learning from you?
    Nov 17 2022

    Dr. Charles talks about the importance of understanding and responding to clients' various learning styles. He then walks through each of them and perhaps most importantly, what a planner can do to accommodate the learning style of each client whether in-person or video chat. 

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    19 min
  • How to get your client to take action
    Jul 14 2022

    Dr. Charles and Dr. Brad talk about the steps that advisors can take to get their current clients to go from inaction to action, whether it is make a decision, adopt a financial plan, or adjust their behaviors so they are consistent with their plan.  They also talk about tools and techniques to use with new clients so they do not "get stuck" in their current relationship with you, their financial planner. 

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    24 min
  • Behavioral finance is boring
    Jul 8 2022

    Dr. Charles and Dr. Brad talk about the usefulness (and lack thereof) of behavioral finance as it relates to financial planning practice. They then dive into several of the biases and heuristics that they see as most relevant to a practitioner and how each can be applied in practice. 

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    23 min
  • Helping our clients (and ourselves) through this Bear Market
    Jun 17 2022

    Dr. Charles and Dr. Brad discuss 7 ways advisors can help their clients through this difficult market, including steps that financial planners can take to care for themselves and make the most our of this challenging time in the market. The conversation meanders from zombies to dogs to new initiatives related to the Psychology of Financial Planning. 


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    31 min
  • Financial Instincts
    Jun 2 2022

    Dr. Charles and Dr. Brad open the show discussing how clients know what to do for the most part...but still don't do it (they even cite some interesting research related to prostitutes and health education!). They then discuss how advisors can help their client's make better decisions that are consistent with their short and long-term financial goals. 

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    26 min
  • Introduction to the Psychology of Financial Planning podcast
    May 25 2022

    Dr. Charles and Dr. Brad introduce the podcast and how it can be beneficial to practitioners in their everyday work with clients. They also talk about which of their attire is most appropriate when recording a podcast episode. 

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    3 min