Center for Financial Policy News

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — William Longbrake is Executive in Residence at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, and senior policy advisor at the school’s Center for Financial Policy.

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SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Think of China like Walmart and the country’s recent currency devaluation like a price-slashing sale.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- High-frequency traders provide a useful service but rig the system when they extract tolls from investors, a professor from the University of Maryla

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Median home prices have surged past the U.S. record set in 2006 at the peak of the real estate bubble, but don’t expect a repeat of the Great Recession.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Is "quarterly capitalism" a problem for the American economy?

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- On its face, Bank of America delegating stress test oversight to its human resources chief is a "head scratcher," says Clifford Rossi, professor of the practice at the Unive

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Greece appears to be entering the end game of its long-running financial drama.

Smith Undergrads’ ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’ Experience includes ‘Buffett v. Mayweather’

This year’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., annual shareholder meeting coincided with the conglomerate’s 50-year anniversary under Chairman Warren Buffett  – and the Floyd Mayweather- Manny Pacquiao boxing showdown.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Though successfully scraping together a 200 million euro repayment to the IMF, Greece will struggle to cover the 770 million euros due to the IMF by May 12, the Associated Press reports today.