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David Whiston, CFA, CPA, CFE
EUR 98.48 For Business Accounts Only

General Motors' April Sales Fall Along With Incentive Spending as a Percentage of Transaction Price

Automakers reported April auto sales weaker than the market expected but still at what we consider a healthy level. Total sales fell year over year by 4.7% to about 1.43 million while the seasonally adjusted annualized selling rate, SAAR, came in at 16.92 million, down from 17.41 million in April 2016. April 2017 did have one less selling day than April 2016, but we calculate that the industry still declined by 1% after adjusting for the difference. We wrote in our April 3 sales note that we fel...
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AK Steel Holding Corporation

AK Steel Holding is a producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels products primarily for the automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing, and distributors and converters markets through its wholly-owned subsidiary, AK Steel Corporation. The company's other subsidiaries also provide customer solutions with carbon and stainless steel tubing products, solutions, tool design, hot- and cold-stamped steel components and assemblies. The company sells its carbon steel products mainly to customers in North America, and it sells its electrical and stainless steel products primarily in North America and Europe. The company also produces metallurgical coal through its AK Coal Resources, Inc. subsidiary.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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David Whiston, CFA, CPA, CFE

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