Meir Statman is the Glenn Klimek Professor of Finance at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. His research on behavioral finance has been supported by the National Science Foundation, CFA Institute, and Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) and has been published in the Journal of Finance, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Portfolio Management, and many other publications. A recipient of three Baker IMCA Journal Awards, the Moskowitz Prize for Best Paper on Socially Responsible Investing, and three Graham and Dodd Awards. Statman consults with many investment companies and presents his work to academics and professionals in the U.S. and abroad.

"As Pogo used to say: 'We have met the enemy and we are it.' By elucidating clearly the teachings of behavioral finance, Meir Statman shows us how to avoid the common errors investors make and how to become smarter investors." -- Burton G. Malkiel , author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street, 11th ed. Paper, 2016

"Meir Statman describes investors as normal in this insightful book, not irrational as in earlier behavioral finance, and not rational wealth-maximizing caricatures as in typical textbooks. Normal investors underlie Statman's innovative approach to portfolios, saving and spending, asset pricing, and market efficiency." -- Harry Markowitz, Winner, Nobel Prize in Economics, and Professor of Finance at the Rady School of Management

"Meir Statman, a leading light of behavioral finance, describes lucidly and vividly the cognitive and emotional errors underlying the maxim "If you don't know who you are, the stock market is an expensive place to find out." Readers of this behaviorally savvy book will be well prepared to avoid those errors." -- Paul Slovic, Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon, and author of The Perception of Risk

"One of the pioneers of behavioral finance, Meir Statman has done a great service for investors, portfolio managers, and financial regulators with this insightful volume. If you've ever wondered why you sold too early or why you got in too late, you need to read this book!" -- Andrew Lo, Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management

"Yes, to be successful, we need to make good investments, but then we need to be good investors, exhibiting the virtues of simplicity, broad diversification, and low investment costs, and focusing on the long term. This fine book is welcome help." -- John C. Bogle, founder of Vanguard and the first index mutual fund

"Finance for Normal People shows that self-knowledge is the most valuable investment skill of all. Meir Statman - one of the founders of Behavioral Finance - uses fascinating new research about market imperfections and the psychology of decision-making to navigate normal people through the complexities of investing. The evidence is compelling and the writing is lucid." -- William N. Goetzmann, Edwin J. Beineke Professor of Finance and Management Studies, Yale School of Management

"Meir Statman has pioneered the integration of behavioral research with financial analysis. Finance for Normal People makes the insights of behavioral finance available to the ordinary investors, helping them to understand markets - and themselves." - Baruch Fischhoff, Howard Heinz University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, and co-author of Risk - A Very Short Introduction

"Standard finance theory assumes that investors and traders are rational super-computers, able to take into account all available information and process it logically. But, investors are normal, with normal wants and normal susceptibility to cognitive and emotional errors. Professor Statman has written an excellent guide to how finance actually works in practice-not just in theory. Yet, despite Statman's real-world approach, his book remains rigorous and evidenced by the very best research." - Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at London Business School