Understand the role of financial consultants, their services and how they compare to financial advisors Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy Side Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal ...

When you think of the subject “Behavioral Finance,” your mind might veer toward behavioral biases. You might think of herding behavior and the role it played in meme stocks and the chaos of Silicon ...

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With five years of experience as a writer and editor in the higher education and career development space, Ilana has a passion for creating accessible, relevant content that demystifies the higher-ed ...

Financial psychology is the study of why we do what we do with our money. It is a broad field that encompasses the cognitive, social, emotional, and cultural factors that come into play when people ...

Laurie Sepulveda is a MarketWatch Guides team senior writer who specializes in writing about insurance, investing, personal loans, home equity loans, mortgages and banking. She lives in North Carolina ...

In this interview, Dr. Traci Williams, a clinical psychologist and certified financial therapist, helps clients address complex issues involving their finances. Financial therapy helps people have a ...

Money troubles can affect your mental health—and the root causes can run generations deep. Anyone who’s ever lost a job knows how much your finances can affect your health. But it wasn’t until ...

To some, financial freedom is tied to a certain event or action: 29% said financial freedom meant owning a home and 28% said it was about being able to go on vacation when you wanted. Regardless of ...