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# Meet the Scientist Dedicated to Your Retirement Success

 Academic Foundation

## The Science Behind Your Stock Allocation Comfort Zone

#### Over the past 20 years, Professor Shachar Kariv, PhD., two-time Chair of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, has pioneered methods to help you understand and navigate decisions that involve investment risk. 

 Video Resources

## Understanding Risk Appetite and Loss Aversion

#### In the videos below, Professor Kariv explains two of the key dimensions that contribute to revealing your Stock Allocation Comfort Zone.

### What is Risk Appetite?

### What is Loss Aversion?

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