The bottom line is that we have come a long way, and the question on everyone’s mind is “where do we go from here?” While the exact answer to that question may be elusive, PIMCO CIO Bill Gross in an October 2009 article wrote of a New Normal. This,...
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(Dis)Information Overload
By Josh DeForest
October 29, 2009 10:22 AM

With abundant information available through many print and online sources it can be difficult to decipher exactly what is going on in our economy through all the noise. On one hand, you will hear claims that the recession is over and on the other, w...
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Saturn Shut Down
By Brad Emerson
October 6, 2009 01:46 PM

With the Saturn division of General Motors in "shut-down mode" (as one dealer I spoke to called it), some interesting questions arise. For instance, what will happen to the value of Saturn vehicles? Owners of these vehicles, including lessors as we...
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Recent project notes
By Brad Emerson
August 6, 2009 12:00 PM

Recently, the Decisive Analytics team completed a study of a lease program designed by a dealership group to offer to their customers. A few things became clear: 1) an excessively conservative program design is problematic, just as an excessively ag...
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