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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 StaffApril 11, 2019

Autotrader Names Best New Cars for 2019

Autotrader has released a list of 12 2019-MY vehicles that offer the latest in design, technology, and features and are available to U.S. buyers for $75,000 or less.

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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2019

Swapalease: March Approval Rates Exceed 70%

Approval rates on Swapalease’s online marketplace were up 4.8% in March, registering a 70.7% approval rate, the highest since October.

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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2019

Manheim Orlando Gets $4.8M Recon Center

Manheim executives cut the ribbon on a new, $4.8 million reconditioning center at the company’s second largest wholesale auction location.

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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2019

NAE/NWAN Launches Powersports VSC Program

National Automotive Experts and NWAN announced the launch of Extreme Powersports, a new service contract program for motorcycles, scooters, ATVs, personal watercraft, and more.

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Newsby StaffApril 9, 2019

Black Book: Retention Index Down 0.6% in March

Black Book’s Used Vehicle Retention Index slipped again in March but showed a 1.7% year-over-year gain heading into April, when analysts expect the spring selling season to begin in earnest.

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Newsby StaffApril 9, 2019

Auto Loan Interest Rates Hit 10-Year High

Edmunds says the average APR for a U.S. new-vehicle loan was 6.36% in March, putting dealers and consumers on the cusp of a ‘dramatic shift’ toward the used-car market.

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Newsby StaffApril 8, 2019

NADA: Employment, Payroll Up for New-Car Dealers

U.S. franchised auto dealers paid over $66 billion to more than 1 million workers in 2018, a 1.9% year-over-year increase that pushed the average employee’s pay to $1,134 per week.

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Newsby Tariq KamalApril 8, 2019

FCA Settles Dealer Antitrust Suit

Fiat Chrysler has settled a lawsuit brought by seven dealers who leveled charges of antitrust violations and breach of contract in federal court, claiming the factory and competing dealerships conspired to falsify new-vehicle sales reports.

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Newsby StaffApril 4, 2019

Autotrader Lists Top 20 Tax Refund Cars

The IRS’s new withholding guidelines have reduced the average American’s federal tax refund to $3,140. What kind of used car can your next customer buy with that money? Autotrader’s Chris O’Neill found 20.

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Newsby Tariq KamalApril 4, 2019

Tesla Sales Fall 31% in Q1, Stock Follows

Shares of Tesla Inc. fell by 9% following an underwhelming first-quarter sales report, but executives say they have the demand and capital they need to meet their 2019 production goals.

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