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John Grable

John E. Grable, CFP® teaches and conducts research at the University of Georgia, where he holds an Athletic Association Endowed Professorship. Before entering the academic profession, he worked as a pension/benefits administrator and later as an investment advisor in an asset management firm.


Dr. Grable served as the founding editor of the Journal of Personal Finance and co-founding editor of the Journal of Financial Therapy and Financial Planning Review. He is best known for his work in the areas of financial risk-tolerance assessment, behavioral financial planning, and psychophysiological economics.

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