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Cover image for a BOK Financial report titled “Timing the market: How avoiding volatility entirely can hurt long-term reinsurance program performance.” The image shows several road construction barricades with flashing amber warning lights lined up in a nighttime work zone. Beneath the image, red text explains that avoiding volatility can mean falling behind inflation and missing market rebounds that drive long-term surplus growth. The BOK Financial logo appears at the bottom right.
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Timing the Market Can Hurt Long-Term Program Performance

For dealer-owned reinsurance entities, avoiding volatility entirely can mean falling behind inflation and missing market rebounds that drive long term surplus growth. Missing just a handful of strong market days can materially impact cumulative returns—an important reminder for long horizon trust and investment strategies.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 2, 2021

Cox Automotive Forecast: August New-Vehicle Sales Pace Slowest of 2021 Due to Low Supply

August will be a fourth consecutive month of slowing sales and looks to be coming in even lower than our forecast of 1.2 million, a 9% decline from August 2020.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 2, 2021

Buy-Sell Activity is Surging and Blue Sky Values Continue to Hit Record Levels

Haig Partners released its Q2 2021 Haig Report, a quarterly report that tracks trends in auto retail and how they impact dealership values.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 1, 2021

Black Book: Weekly Market Update

The rate of depreciation has been slowing in recent weeks and this past week, the overall Car segment week-over-week change crossed back into positive territory, with six out of the nine Car segments reporting gains.

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Newsby StaffAugust 26, 2021

Applied Concepts Officially Rolls Out New Sales and Performance Training Programs for Auto Dealerships

Company brings “modern retailing” approach to dealerships, launches e-learning platform and adds human resources, multichannel communication and cybersecurity tracks.

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Newsby StaffAugust 26, 2021

Prime Automotive Group Puts Dealerships Up for Sale

The entire Prime Automotive Group portfolio will be sold as a platform, hoping to close a transaction by year’s end.

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Newsby StaffAugust 26, 2021

California, Texas Acquisitions Continue Lithia Growth

Lithia Motors Inc. adds a large-volume Honda store in Southern California and two import dealerships near Dallas, Texas.

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Newsby StaffAugust 26, 2021

Taiwan Sends Assurances Over Chip Shortage

Taiwan is at work to address the global shortage of semiconductors, reported Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua after meeting with the newly appointed de facto U.S. ambassador in Taipei.

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Newsby StaffAugust 24, 2021

New Vehicle Financing Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Inventory shortages continue to push average loan amounts and monthly payments for used vehicles higher.

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NewsAugust 19, 2021

EV Startups Adopt New Approach to Manufacturing

EV companies, Arrival and Fisker, embark on paths designed to circumvent production challenges experienced by Tesla.

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Newsby StaffAugust 19, 2021

Urban Science Report Predicts Dealership Throughput Rebound

Urban Science’s midyear Automotive Franchise Activity Report puts average throughput at 910 new vehicles per store this year.

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