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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 StaffMarch 18, 2019

Lights Out: Cree to Focus on Semiconductors

In a move industry watchers may regard as a sign of the times, dealership mainstay Cree has agreed to sell its lighting division in order to fully devote the company to semiconductor manufacturing.

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Newsby StaffMarch 15, 2019

Milne Promoted to COO at PermaPlate/Siskin

Six-year company veteran Bret Milne has been named COO of PermaPlate/Siskin Enterprises after serving as the F&I product provider’s vice president of operations since 2016.

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Newsby Tariq KamalMarch 15, 2019

Cheap Seats: Top 10 Millennial Vehicles

A survey of QuoteWizard users finds younger drivers favor vehicles with an average 2018-MY MSRP of only $23,829, generating a Top 10 list dominated by affordable sedans.

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Newsby StaffMarch 14, 2019

Schwartz Earns Northwood University Honor

Northwood University has recognized Sandy Schwartz as its Outstanding Business Leader for 2019.

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Newsby StaffMarch 13, 2019

Swapalease: Lack of Dealer Incentives Fuels Secondary Lease Market

Swapalease reports credit approval rates on its online marketplace dipped slightly in March, but traffic is up as consumers encounter high lease prices at dealerships.

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Newsby StaffMarch 13, 2019

NextGear Names Top 10 Floorplanned Vehicles

Trucks and sedans continue to dominate the list of America’s most floorplanned vehicles, but NextGear Capital analysts say SUVs and CUVs are gaining fast.

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Newsby Tariq KamalMarch 13, 2019

US, Canadian Dealers Strong as Disruptors Advance in Global Auto Finance Report

FICO’s second annual survey of auto finance customers finds the United States and Canada atop the dealer-arranged financing rankings even as the number of auto loans originated online jumped from 5% to 13% year-over-year.

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Newsby StaffMarch 13, 2019

Car Sales Legend Joe Girard Dead at 90

The man who sold 13,001 vehicles from a Detroit-area Chevrolet dealership and enjoyed a second career as an internationally renowned speaker and author has died.

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Newsby Tariq KamalMarch 12, 2019

Trump Budget Kills EV Tax Credit

The White House’s proposed 2020 budget would allow the federal electric-vehicle tax credit to expire and terminate an Energy Department program that helped fund investments in EV production by three manufacturers in seven states.

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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2019

NADA Promotes Allen, Tesfazghi, Adds Guerra

The National Automobile Dealers Association has named Juliet Guerra director of media relations and announced promotions for media and legislative experts Jared Allen and Ben Tesfazghi.

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