After reviewing the website, locate the latest comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) available on the website. For example, both the City of Sacramento and the City of Phoenix have their most recent Cafes online within an accounting /financial/section. Use the financial statement you locate to answer the following questions:
- How does the audit opinion given to this city by its independent auditors differs from the audit opinion rendered on the financial statements for a profit business?
- A reconciliation should be presented to explain the differences between the net changes in fund balances for the governmental funds ( fund financial statements) and the change in net position for the governmental activities (government -wide financial statements). What were several of the largest reasons for the difference.
- Did the CAFR contain all required components, and what was your impression of how the information was reported.
- What are some significant differences you see between the report you just reviewed and the for profit.
The city will be about Houston Texas
www.houstontx.gov
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In: Accounting
Instructions: Solve the following problem. To receive credit, readers must be able to follow your logic and you must explain each step in detail. Please label each step, identify each equation and variable, and explain your answer.
The management of a mutual fund plans to sell a basket of stocks in three months. The stocks are similar to the S&P 500. It seeks protection against a decrease in the price of the stocks. The current price of the S&P 500 Index is $2352.40. The futures price of index is $2397.80. The number of shares to be hedged is 1,000, and the number of shares per futures contract is 100. Therefore, 10 contracts will be hedged.
1. Define the following:
2. Describe in detail the hedge created by the mutual fund. That is, what action will the mutual fund take?
3. Describe the outcome of this hedge in detail if the price of the index is $2304.20 per share and the price of the futures contract is $2349.60 per share when the hedge is lifted.
4. Describe the outcome of this hedge in detail if the price of the index is $2392.50 per share and the price of the futures contract is $2437.90 per share when the hedge is lifted. Base your answer on the original information given, not your answer in 3 above.
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Which of the following problems about Turing machines are solvable, and which are undecidable? Explain your answers carefully.
(a) To determine, given a Turing machine M, a state q, and a string w, whether M ever reaches state q when started with input w from its initial state.
(b) To determine, given a Turing machine M and a symbol a, whether M ever writes the symbol a when started with the empty tape.
In: Computer Science
Using an example, explain what an entatic state is
In: Chemistry
a-) Explain in detail the reason why the center is dark in the enlightenment setup in the Newton rings experiment.
b-) You want to determine the absorption coefficient. Draw the experimental setup and explain why you use the elements.
c- ) You want to observe that light can be polarized. Draw the experimental setup and explain why you use the elements.
In: Physics
In: Biology
Blood groups are determined by the types of proteins displayed on the surface of red blood cells. Alleles for these blood types are codominant. Blood type AB individuals display both the A protein and the B protein on their blood cells and will not produce antibodies against either A or B proteins. Blood type OO individuals do not make or display any proteins on their red blood cells.
A woman with blood type A marries a man with blood type B.
a) What are the possible genotypes of each parent?
b) What are the possible blood types of the offspring that can be produced by these parents? (attempt all possible crosses)
c) Which genotypes are not possible in the offspring?
d) Could these parents have a child with blood type O? Show the Punnett square on which you based your answer.
e) What antibodies does the man with type B produce?
f) Which blood type is considered to be the universal recipient? Explain your answer.
g) Which blood type is considered to be the universal donor? Explain your answer.
In: Biology
This week your project will continue a self-analysis of your own ecosystem by focusing on your micro and mesosystems. Besides detailing dimensions of each system, discuss how they are connected, identifying any familial patterns or behavior interactions that have impacted who you are as an adult. Make sure to use reference support in APA format to explain the networks and conclusions you have identified. This section should be done in 2-3 pages.
In: Psychology
Suppose, you are going to start a new business which is a Vegan Food Restaurant in new work.
Funding Decision: After analysing your internal capital sources, you find out that you need to arrange more funds. Depending on your size of business and targeted market, what external sources of funds would you consider ? Please explain.
Product/Service selection & design: what factors would you consider while selecting the type of food items for your store. What products and services would you initially launch? How would you design the packaging/presentation of your food and service (themes/plating/cutleries/ambience/interior etc can be considered)?
Marketing Strategy: What promotional activities will you consider before and after launching your business? What media options would you consider (explain and justify your choices)? What would be your Unique Selling Proposition (USP) ? Explain.
Operations: Once your business is up and running, what would your flow of operations look like (you can use a flow chart)? Is there any key operations strategy that you will formulate to manage your resource bundle ? If yes, explain in detail. If no, justify your answer.
In: Operations Management
Please read the following Harvard Business Review article: Data Scientist, The Sexiest Job Of the 21st Century.pdfPreview the document. Please, answer for your INITIAL posting and discuss ALL the following questions in great detail: Executive Summary for this reading.
Which are the three most CRITICAL ISSUES for this reading? Please explain why. and analyze, and discuss in great detail ….
Which are the three most relevant LESSONS LEARNED for this reading? Please explain why? and analyze, and discuss in great detail … .
Which are the three most important BEST PRACTICES for this reading? Please explain why? and analyze, and discuss in great detai
In: Statistics and Probability