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Apr 2023
22m 34s

Why we make bad investment decisions

My Money My Lifestyle
About this episode
Emotions and Money is a six-part podcast series where we unpack the psychology behind our investment decisions and how our emotions could be sabotaging our financial outcomes.  

In this episode Maya Fisher-French and Paul Nixon, head of behavioural finance at Momentum Investments look at the true cost of our poor investment decision.  

In 2020 South Africans paid 6.5% in behaviour tax and around 3.5% in 2021. What is behaviour tax and what is it about our money emotions that leads us to make decisions that hurt our finances?

Emotions and Money is a six-part podcast series in partnership with Momentum Investments. 

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