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August 25, 2015
Will the Fed Raise Interest Rates? Kristen Fanarakis

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — 

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August 24, 2015
Market Jitters? Stay the Course

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- This week’s market selloff has made a lot of people itchy to trade stocks. They want to sell before things get worse or, alternatively, maybe pick up some bargains.

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August 14, 2015
High Frequency Trading: Focus on ‘Troll Under Bridge’

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

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August 11, 2015
Smith Welcomes New Faculty Members

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is happy to welcome nine new faculty members for the 2015-2016 academic year. New faculty joined the Smith School in August in following areas:

Accounting and Information Assurance

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August 10, 2015
Berkshire Mega-Deal Typifies Buffett’s Bargain Hunting

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Berkshire Hathaway’s $32.6 billion

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July 29, 2015
Good and Bad News About Your House

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.

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July 28, 2015
Bank of America Stress Tests Its HR Chief

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

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July 1, 2015
Greek Drama Reaches Climax

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

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June 11, 2015
Students Attend 50th Berkshire Hathaway Meeting

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.

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June 5, 2015
Students Meet Investing Icon Leon Cooperman

Finance undergraduates in the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business engaged with legendary investor Leon Cooperman in a “lunch and learn” session in New York City on May 26, 2015. 

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