About this episode
Today on the podcast, we welcome back Meir Statman. Meir is the Glenn Klimek Professor of Finance at Santa Clara University. Meir’s latest book is A Wealth of Well-Being: A Holistic Approach to Behavioral Finance . Other books include Behavioral Finance: The Second Generation , What Investors Really Want , and Finance for Normal People . Meir’s research has also been published in the Journal of Finance , the Financial Analyst Journal , the Journal of Portfolio Management , and many other journals. He received his PhD from Columbia University and his BA and MBA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Background Bio A Wealth of Well-Being: A Holistic Approach to Behavioral Finance Behavioral Finance: The Second Generation What Investors Really Want: Know What Drives Investor Behavior and Make Smarter Financial Decisions Finance for Normal People: How Investors and Markets Behave Financial Well-Being “ Financial Advisers as Well-Being Advisers ,” by Meir Statman, financialplanningassociation.org , September 2019. “ More Time or More Money? How Wealth Affects What We Value ,” by Meir Statman, avantisinvestors.com , October 2022. Other “ Meir Statman: ‘We Are All Normal,’” The Long View podcast, Morningstar.com , Oct. 30, 2019. “ What Is Cantril’s Ladder? ” by Michael Hartnett, sciotoanalysis.com , Feb. 9, 2024. “ High Income Improves Evaluation of Life but not Emotional Well-Being ,” by Daniel Kahneman and Angus Deaton, nlm.gov , Sept. 21, 2010. “ Why Olympic Bronze Medalists Are Happier Than Silver Medalists ,” by John A. List, Time.com , Feb. 10, 2022. “ The Mental Mistakes We Make With Retirement Spending ,” by Meir Statman, wsj.com , April 24, 2017. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.