Smith Brain Trust

Oct. 19, 1987: Black Monday. Wall Street saw its biggest single-day stock market drop in history. Now the Smith School’s Albert “Pete” Kyle shares ideas on how future crashes might be prevented. 

The race between active and passive investment management is becoming really interesting. After years of growth among passive funds, experts are starting to ask: What's at risk?

There was a time when Richard Thaler's research was controversial. Now he has the 2017 Nobel prize in economics. The Smith School's Francesco D'Acunto discusses why his work is so influential.

Secession would put newly independent nation in the back of the line for European Union membership. "There is no grandfathering in," Smith School professor Kislaya Prasad says. 

How should the NFL respond to a pro-Trump political action committee's "Turn Off the NFL" boycott? "The league needs to grab this ball and run it up the field," says the Smith School's Henry C. Boyd III.

Kelly S. King works long hours as chairman and CEO of BB&T, but he starts each day refreshed. He shared his morning routine during the 2017 BB&T Colloquium on Capitalism, Ethics and Leadership.

At first blush, the federal government's decision this week to slap a steep, 220 percent tariff on Bombardier's C-Series jets probably looks like a win for U.S. aerospace giant Boeing Co.

It seems like everyone is sounding the alarm lately about bitcoin and the ever-expanding world of cryptocurrencies. Smith School technology professor Joseph P. Bailey explains why.

Leaders who search for ways to motivate their teams are focusing on the wrong thing, BB&T Chairman and CEO Kelly S. King said Sept. 26, 2017, at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.

London has deemed Uber "not fit and proper" to operate within city limits. Smith School professor Brent Goldfarb says the move was predictable, given Uber's recent troubles.