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Shlomo Benartzi, PhD

Shlomo Benartzi, PhD

Professor Emeritus, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Shlomo Benartzi is a behavioral economist interested in combining the insights of psychology and economics to solve big societal problems. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management and is a professor and co-founder of the Behavioral Decision-Making group at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Benartzi’s previous work has demonstrated the potential for far- reaching improvement. Along with Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago, he pioneered the Save More Tomorrow™ (SMarT) program, a behavioral prescription that has helped millions of Americans boost their retirement savings. Benartzi currently serves as senior academic advisor for the VOYA Behavioral Finance Institute for Innovation and as an academic advisor at WisdomTree.

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How to Minimize Your Clients’ Panic During the Market Sell-Off
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Shlomo Benartzi, PhD
Shlomo Benartzi, PhD

How to Minimize Your Clients’ Panic During the Market Sell-Off

Investors are reeling from the sell-off in global markets. But here’s the bigger risk right now for investors: that those losses will lead them to act in a way that may result in even bigger losses. Shlomo Benartzi outlines a way for advisors to help determine which of their clients are likely to buy high and sell low during a market panic and help them manage their investments with a long-term outcome in mind.

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