SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Is "quarterly capitalism" a problem for the American economy? Hillary Clinton hopes to make the alleged short-term focus of corporations an issue in the 2016 presidential campaign.

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. Instead, a mortgage risk expert at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business expects an eventual market slowdown driven by a mixture of negative and positive factors.

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 University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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. Bill Longbrake, executive-in-residence at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Newly confirmed U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has a strong record for going after mortgage fraud, says Cliff Rossi, professor of the practice at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. He anticipates that Lynch will reinforce predecessor Eric Holder’s actions to hold lenders accountable for their role in the 2008 financial crisis.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Say on Pay, which gives shareholders a nonbinding vote on executive compensation, leads companies to reduce excessive pay in certain circumstances. That's according to new research by Russ Wermers, a professor of finance at the University of Maryland's Robert H.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Borrowers live or die by their FICO scores — numbers that offer a snapshot of how reliable they've been in paying back their debts. But some 53 million Americans don't have such scores because their credit history is thin or nonexistent.

By Kristen Fanarakis