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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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NewsNovember 14, 2017

It’s a Trap! Car Buyers Hip to Lead Capture Forms

New research from PERQ shows dealership website visitors are more likely to purchase if offered a guided online experience and increasingly wary of features designed to capture their contact information.

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NewsNovember 14, 2017

Black Book: Luxury, Sporty Cars Experiencing Increased Depreciation Entering November

Premium sporty cars recorded the largest decrease in value in October, while prestige luxury cars have registered the highest depreciation over the course of the last 12 months.

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NewsNovember 14, 2017

Edmunds: 100,000-Mile Cars More Valuable Than Shoppers Think

Thanks to a tight supply of late-model used vehicles, values don’t dramatically drop once the odometer crosses six figures, according to a new report from vehicle information site.

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NewsNovember 14, 2017

Sherman, De Palma Join LotLinx as VPs

Former R.L. Polk executive Bob Sherman and former CallRevu executive Kim De Palma have joined LotLinx as the company prepares to expand.

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NewsNovember 14, 2017

Black Book Provides Appraisal Data to ASNSoftware

Black Book has agreed to provide vehicle valuation data to ASNSoftware’s dealer management solutions, helping to power trade valuations for independent auto dealers.

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NewsNovember 14, 2017

J.D. Power: Differing Approaches to Digital Financing Creates Wide Satisfaction Gap

While the digital application channel generated significantly higher levels of overall satisfaction in J.D. Power’s 2017 U.S. Consumer Financing Satisfaction Study, many consumers are waiting longer for a credit decision than those utilizing dealer representatives.

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NewsNovember 14, 2017

AutoGravity’s Car-Buying Platform Surpasses 1 Million Users

Launched in 2016, AutoGravity rapidly expanded from 100,000 users in its first six months to more than one million users less than a year later, according to officials. In 2017 alone, car shoppers have request more than $1 billion in vehicle financing through the fintech firm’s car-buying app.

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NewsNovember 9, 2017

Bloomberg: Senate Banking Chair Closing In on Bipartisan Dodd-Frank Rollback

Republican Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) told reporters on Wednesday he’s getting closer to brokering a deal on bipartisan legislation aimed at rolling back parts of the Dodd-Frank Act.

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NewsNovember 9, 2017

Stuart Accepts AFSA’s Distinguished Service Award

TD Auto Finance President and CEO Andrew Stuart was honored with the 2017 Distinguished Service Award by the American Financial Services Association.

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NewsNovember 9, 2017

Manheim Launches Dealer Sales Channel

Manheim’s growing collection of digital and offsite offerings promises dealers more ways to buy and sell vehicles.

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