Michael Covel speaks with Meir Statman on today’s podcast. Statman is a professor of finance at Santa Clara University and a behavioral finance expert. His acclaimed book is titled "What Investors Really Want." Covel and Statman discuss how we make decisions, and how these decisions are reflected in markets; what investors want besides the utilitarian aspect of money; philanthropy and status; why Madoff’s clients’ own greed helped them fall into a trap; envy and happiness; the fear of losing and the fear of missing out; mental accounting; Statman’s drivers and early influences; libertarianism vs. paternalism; Social Security and mandatory retirement savings. For more information on Meir Statman, visit http://www.scu.edu/business/finance/faculty/statman.cfm. Want a free trend following DVD? Go to trendfollowing.com/win.