Mark Riepe, CFA, serves as the Managing Director and Head of the Schwab Center for Financial Research at Charles Schwab & Co. In this role, he oversees the provision of quality research to individual investors on critical topics such as markets, the economy, retirement planning, taxes, financial planning, equity ratings, and portfolio management. He also hosts Financial Decoder, a Schwab podcast dedicated to exploring financial decisions and the biases that may influence judgment.