Smith Brain Trust

As the federal shutdown continues, now well past 30 days, its effects are spreading ever wider, Maryland Smith's Elinda F. Kiss writes. Here is what it looks like now.

There was a key development on Capitol Hill last week you might have missed. The decades-old Gephardt Rule, which seeks to avoid having the U.S. run afoul of the debt limit, was given new life.

“A New Year’s Resolution is a promise to yourself,” Maryland Smith’s Elinda F. Kiss says. Here's how to make a financial resolution and make it stick.

Like the big man in the North Pole, Maryland Smith’s David Kass spends the waning weeks of the year making a list and checking it twice.

Maryland Smith faculty share their best travel hacks, from traveling early to the best ways to tolerate traffic, to make your holidays easier.

Pharmaceutical prices are poised to become a central issue for the next Congress, potentially forcing lawmakers to consider at least two factors that coincide with America’s higher-than-average drug prices.

Short-term thinking hurts companies. But finance students at Maryland Smith learn a different approach. They focus on value maximization, not profit maximization.

The stock market was taking the election in stride, beginning a rally that could extend through next year. Maryland Smith's David Kass explains three reasons why.

Critics come down hard on shareholder primacy. But Maryland Smith professor Michael Faulkender says people err when they overlook risk/reward economics.

Companies have built-in incentives to avoid short-termism. But they fall into the myopia trap when they confuse value creation with income maximization.