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JAY MOORELAND, MS, CFP®

FOUNDER OF THE EMOTIONAL INVESTOR

I believe the best advisors do more than manage money. They manage behavior.

After years of working as an advisor, I saw how often emotions, overconfidence, and short-term thinking derailed smart financial plans. It wasn’t a lack of knowledge that hurt investors. It was a lack of discipline.

That realization shaped my mission: to help financial professionals understand, communicate, and coach financial behavior more effectively.

 

BUILDING TOOLS ADVISORS CAN USE

Making behavioral finance usable through two practical platforms for advisors

The Behavioral Advisor Academy

An online training program
that helps advisors turn
behavioral finance theory into
real-world coaching
strategies that build trust and
conviction.

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The Behavioral Finance Network

A coaching community
designed to help advisors
deepen their behavioral skills,
improve communication, and
strengthen client
relationships.

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Both were built around one idea:

knowledge is only valuable when it is applied.

PROFESSIONAL
BACKGROUND

I have more than 20 years of experience as an advisor, speaker, and educator. I’ve authored three books on investor behavior and have spoken internationally on how emotions influence decision-making.

I hold a Bachelor of Science in Finance from San Jose State University and a Master of Science inApplied Economics from the University of Minnesota

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