OLEAN — Financial advisor Patrick Hollenbeck of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Olean has advanced his professional development by achieving the Accredited Behavioral Finance Professional designation through the College for Financial Planning.
The designation deepens understanding of behavioral finance, emotions in financial markets, detecting risk and reducing bias in investing.
This professional designation includes an in-depth study of topics such as the foundations of behavioral finance, investor behaviors, common cognitive and emotion-based investor considerations, as well as real-world applications for investing and retirement planning.