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AUSTIN/DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Austin-based AHA Dream Homes, LLC (www.ahadreamhomes.com) has signed an exclusive agreement with Dallas-based Sunfinity Renewable Energy, LLC (www.sunfinity.com) to design, install, and maintain solar arrays on new AHA homes being built for the 2,000-acre Whisper Valley (www.whispervalleyaustin.com) community in East Austin, TX.  Over the term of the agreement, AHA Dream Homes projects building up to 100 homes at Whisper Valley, the state’s first Zero Energy Capable Homes.  As part of the community’s vision of producing as much clean, renewable energy as it consumes, every home in the Whisper Valley development will feature solar panels.

Sunfinity will provide customized design, engineering, permitting, procurement, installation, and activation of every system to ensure a seamless transition to solar energy for new AHA Dream Homes built in Phases II through V at Whisper Valley. The basic systems will be four to six kilowatts, on average, which can offset up to 60% of the home’s energy needs, depending on customer options.  AHA Dream Homes and Sunfinity have partnered to be the only team at Whisper Valley to offer prospective buyers an option, before purchase of the home, for an expanded solar system that can offset up to 100% of the home’s energy needs.  The homeowner also has the option to include battery storage.  Sunfinity will offer multiple options with battery storage from both the Tesla and Sonnen battery lines.

Additionally, Sunfinity’s team will take the lead for solar operations and maintenance within the community, as well as installations for homeowners who want to add additional solar energy capacity or battery storage options after they move-in.

«Sunfinity demonstrated that they have a great bench of senior, experienced talent, and they have the stability and resources to be a trusted partner on a long-term basis,» said Fred Herrejon, Managing Owner of AHA Dream Homes. 

«AHA Dream Homes is truly building the future at Whisper Valley, helping them realize the vision of this as a Net Zero Community, which produces as much energy as it uses» said John Billingsley, founder and Chairman/CEO of Sunfinity.  «We are honored to be part of their team ensuring solar delivers clean power for their homeowners.»

AHA Dream Homes at Whisper Valley range from 1,674 to 2,200 square feet, priced from $378,600.  There are five floor plans, and a decorated model is available at 9808 Becoming St., Whisper Valley, TX 78653 (Self-Guided UTour and by appointment tours are available). 

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The United States Investing Championship today reported the results for the first eleven months of the 2020 competition. According to contest organizer Dr. Norman Zadeh, records are being shattered. The United States Investing Championship is a real money verified competition which gives up-and-coming traders an opportunity to show their talent on the world stage. Prior top performers include Paul Tudor Jones and Louis Bacon. Participants specify an account number at the beginning of the year for tracking purposes. Brokerage statements associated with that account are used to verify performance claims. The competition began in 1983 and ran for fifteen years. It was restarted in 2019. 

At the end of eleven months, the leader in the $1,000,000+ stock division is George Tkaczuk, + 114.3%, from Chicago. Mr. Tkaczuk is a portfolio manager at RCM Wealth Advisors, as well as a medical doctor. He was also at one time a professional volleyball player. In second place is Bill Roller, +9.1%. Leading the $1,000,000+ division in Enhanced Growth, which allows futures and/or long option trades, is Vivek Subramanyam, + 28.9%, from London. Mr. Subramanyam is founder and CEO of a technology focused investment bank, Technology Holdings. Mr. Subramanyam was born in India, studied business management there, and then spent a decade each in New York and London. In second place, + 21.7% is Luiz Pinto, from Doha, Qatar. Mr. Pinto, who has a Ph.D. in economics, was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In third, +12%, is Hsiu-Ping Peng.

Among participants in the stock division trading less than $1,000,000, the leader after eleven months is Oliver Kell, + 597%, from Philadelphia. Mr. Kell was born in San Francisco.  His father was a market maker on the Pacific Stock Exchange. In second place, + 468.8%, is Tomas Claro. Mr. Claro was born in Chile. He worked for twelve years for a number of large Chilean Institutions, including a five year stint as head of international trading. In 2017, he left Chile and moved to Chicago where he received an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a full time trader. In third place, + 363.5%, is Matthew Caruso, from Montreal, Canada. Mr. Caruso is a Chartered Market Technician and Certified Financial Analyst. From 2008 to 2012, he was a trader and market maker for National Bank Financial  He also taught a class on trading as an adjunct professor for Concordia University. He currently trades professionally for his own account. In fourth place, + 300.7%, is Ryan Pierpont, from Los Gatos, California. Mr. Pierpont graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in business, and currently does financial planning for ServiceNow corporation.  In fifth place, + 281.9%, is Anish Sikri, from Stone Mountain, Georgia, who now lives in Washington, DC. Mr. Sikri has a degree in computer science. He manages a medical clinic with his wife when he isn’t trading. The rest of the entrants reporting profits in the stock division are: Shahid Saleem, + 237.1%; Evan Buenger, + 157.2%; Vibha Jha, the top female performer, + 147.5%; Vitan Peychev, + 133%; Ricardo Valenzuela, + 135%; Alok Bhatia, + 99.8%; Rohan Sahani, + 86.5%; Ralph Koppel, + 72.2%; Michael Gulyn, + 54.6%; Bruce Morley, + 48.6%; Steve Kao, + 42%; Manoj Panda, + 38.6%; Gordon Elvey, + 36.7%; Ray Sit, + 33.2%; Bill Roller, + 31.5%; Jose Burgos, +30%; Adrian Palmer, DMD, + 28.3%; Perry McCarty, + 24.8%; Paul Wimmers, + 9.6%; Arthur Smelyanski, + 5%; and Robert Schwagerl, + 2.3%. 

Among participants in the enhanced growth division trading accounts of less than $1,000,000, the leader at the end of eleven months is Sheldon Thomas, + 174.3%, from New York City. Mr. Thomas has a Computer Science degree and is a software engineer.  In second place, + 120.8%, is Jon Wu, originally from Shanghai, China, now living in Ridgewood, New Jersey.  In third place, + 77.2% is Rick Jarosh. Mr. Jarosh was born in Exton Pennsylvania and currently lives in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The other entrants reporting profits are Jeff Watts, + 44.3%; Adrian Palmer DMD, + 37%; Travis Hayes, + 20.1%; and Nick Marino, + 11.7%.    

Over the years, the United States Investing Championship has attracted legendary traders, including Paul Tudor Jones, Louis Bacon, Dr. Edward O. Thorpe, Mark Strome, Mark Minervini, David Ryan, Doug Kass, Sheen Kassouf, Marty Schwartz, Frankie Joe, Tom Basso, Cedd Moses, Gil Blake, Robert Prechter, Jr., and Bruno Combier.    

The standings appear on the website financial-competitions.com, and are carried by various media outlets. Financial-competitions.com allows traders to enter the competion, and provides copies of past articles from Barron’s, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and other publications which profile United States Investing Championship top performers. Late entries are tracked from the date of their entry, so everyone starts with a gain of zero percent. The competition is run by Dr. Norman Zadeh, a former Stanford professor, former professional gambler, former publisher of the magazine Perfect 10, and son of Lotfi Zadeh, the creator of fuzzy logic. Dr. Zadeh recently published a book, Hold’em Poker Super Strategy, available on amazon.com.  According to Dr. Zadeh, fifteen of the competitors reporting profits are either followers of Mark Minervini, a former United States Investing Championship winner, or have used his services at some point.

For more information, contact Dr. Norman Zadeh at 261722@email4pr.com, or call 310-409-7193.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Next month’s release will incorporate annual benchmark revisions to the composite economic indexes, which bring them up-to-date with revisions in the source data. These revisions do not change the cyclical properties of the indexes. The indexes are updated throughout the year, but only for the previous six months. Data revisions that fall outside of the moving six-month window are not incorporated until the benchmark revision is made and the entire histories of the indexes are recomputed. As a result, the revised indexes, in levels and month-on-month changes, will not be directly comparable to those issued prior to the benchmark revision. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.conference-board.org/data/bci.cfm or contact us at indicators@conference-board.org

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. increased 0.6 percent in November to 109.1 (2016 = 100), following a 0.8 percent increase in October and a 0.7 percent increase in September.

«The US LEI continued rising in November, but its pace of improvement has been decelerating in recent months, suggesting a significant moderation in growth as the US economy heads into 2021,» said Ataman Ozyildirim, Senior Director of Economic Research at The Conference Board. «Initial claims for unemployment insurance, new orders for manufacturing, residential construction permits, and stock prices made the largest positive contributions to the LEI. However, falling average working hours in manufacturing and consumers’ worsening outlook underscore the downside risks to growth from a second wave of COVID-19 and high unemployment.»

The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for the U.S. increased 0.2 percent in November to 103.2 (2016 = 100), following a 0.6 percent increase in October and a 0.5 percent increase in September.

The Conference Board Lagging Economic Index® (LAG) for the U.S. decreased 0.4 percent in November to 106.9 (2016 = 100), following a 0.3 percent increase in October and a 0.4 percent decrease in September.

About The Conference Board Leading Economic Index^® (LEI) for the U.S.
The composite economic indexes are the key elements in an analytic system designed to signal peaks and troughs in the business cycle. The leading, coincident, and lagging economic indexes are essentially composite averages of several individual leading, coincident, or lagging indicators. They are constructed to summarize and reveal common turning point patterns in economic data in a clearer and more convincing manner than any individual component – primarily because they smooth out some of the volatility of individual components.

The ten components of The Conference Board Leading Economic Index^® for the U.S. include:

Average weekly hours, manufacturing
Average weekly initial claims for unemployment insurance
Manufacturers’ new orders, consumer goods and materials
ISM® Index of New Orders
Manufacturers’ new orders, nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft orders
Building permits, new private housing units
Stock prices, 500 common stocks
Leading Credit Index™
Interest rate spread, 10-year Treasury bonds less federal funds
Average consumer expectations for business conditions

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http://www.conference-board.org/data/bcicountry.cfm?cid=1

For more information about The Conference Board global business cycle indicators:
http://www.conference-board.org/data/bci.cfm

About The Conference Board
The Conference Board is the member-driven think tank that delivers trusted insights for what’s ahead. Founded in 1916, we are a non-partisan, not-for-profit entity holding 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt status in the United States. www.conference-board.org

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