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Content with Mark W Riepe
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CFA, Senior Vice President, Schwab Center for Financial Research

Mark Riepe, CFA, is Senior Vice President for the Schwab Center for Financial Research (SCFR). In this role, he is responsible for heading SCFR, which provides individual investors with quality research on key topics, including the markets, the economy, retirement, taxes, financial planning, portfolio management and investment strategy.

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Mark W Riepe
May 10, 2018
How the inability to forecast our future feelings or tastes can undermine our financial decisions.
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Mark W Riepe
April 20, 2018
Don’t let anchoring bias stand in the way of your investing decisions.
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Mark W Riepe
April 06, 2018
When information is easy to remember or top of mind, we tend to overestimate how representative it is. That can be troublesome for investors.
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Mark W Riepe
March 23, 2018
Constantly seeking out opinions that validate your own could potentially lead to mistakes.
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Mark W Riepe
March 08, 2018
The desire to get your money’s worth can lead you in some potentially harmful directions.
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Mark W Riepe
February 23, 2018
Help yourself to make better financial choices by harnessing this technique from the behavioral sciences.
Investing Confidence: How Much Is Too Much?
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Mark W Riepe
February 12, 2018
Overconfidence can lead to poor investing decisions.
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Mark W Riepe
May 11, 2017
A little bit of streamlining can lighten the load when it comes to portfolio management.
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Mark W Riepe
December 16, 2013
We ran the numbers on market timing. Our findings? There's a high cost to waiting for the best entry point. Get in the game.
Can You Catch Up on Retirement Savings?
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Mark W Riepe
June 28, 2013
Even twentysomethings should be saving for retirement. Learn about the price of procrastination, and review simple strategies to boost savings now.

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