SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Even as companies have adopted social distancing measures and work-from-home policies to deter the continuing spread of the coronavirus, many are continuing to hire. They’ve simply pivoted away from in-person interviews in favor of virtual ones, enabled by videoconferencing tools like Zoom, GoToMeeting and Cisco’s Webex.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – For the U.S. economy, these are dark days. The social distancing measures aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus have people and businesses closing their doors. Uncertainties about the future of the economy are high, and so are worries.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – If you admire your CPA for that unflappable aura of calm at the height of tax season — even during this unusual tax season — there’s something you should know.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – As concern over the spread of novel coronavirus deepens, retailers are struggling to keep pace with a seemingly overwhelming urge to stockpile.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – With the coronavirus pandemic forcing schools to close across the country, parents working from home might feel overwhelmed with the prospect of balancing both their professional and personal obligations all at once for the foreseeable future.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Researchers who scrambled to fight infections during World War II discovered more than the power of penicillin. They also learned important lessons about human enterprise that can guide team efforts today to stop COVID-19, Maryland Smith's Rajshree Agarwal writes in Forbes.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – COVID-19 is bringing a rippling cascade of shocks to the United States, most of them yet to come.
The situation requires government and industry to act now to protect the supply chain that provides food, medicine and other necessary goods, Maryland Smith’s Sandor Boyson writes.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Amid news about the Covid-19 pandemic, recent volatility in financial markets and potentially devastating economic impacts, investors have been feeling pretty jittery these days.
By Clifford Rossi
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – The recent steep declines in global financial markets driven by uncertainty over a pandemic spread of the Covid-19 virus naturally have individual investors worried about their investment portfolios.
Managing your own investment risk like a bank can provide a way to quantify your appetite for risk under a wide range of outcomes in a consistent and easily understood manner.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Among the many worries brought by Covid-19 is this one: What will the pandemic mean for the future of the eurozone?
