Assume you work as budget analyst for City of Blue Ridge and you are preparing the budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021. The data of tax revenue of past 10 years have been obtained as following. You are using two of the three different forecast models - 3-year moving average (with the alpha 0.4), linear regression trend project, and exponential smoothing.

(1) What would be your forecasted revenue for 2020-2021based on your forecasting models, respectively?

(2) Which model gives you the better estimate? In other words, which model would you choose? Provide a justification for your choice.

1- What does the term "technology" mean in Economics, and how does that notion differ from the notions of technology as used outside of Economics?

2- Explain why an improvement in the legal system can lead to higher GDP.

3- Write down the full definition of the demand curve. Also, give a one sentence statement about what the word "able" refers to in that definition.

The following stock quotation for McDonald reported on Friday, May 8, 2020 when

      market closed at 4:00 PM Eastern time

McDonald's Corp. (MCD) -NYSE

182.66 -4.90 (-2.61%) At close: May 8 4:00PM EDT

1. What was May 8th close price of McDonald stock? How did it change from previous day (May 7th )?

2. If you purchased McDonald stock at the 52 weeks low and sold it at close price on May 8, 2020. You have received dividend during this holding period. Calculate your holding period rate of return

3. Show how the 2.74% yield is calculated.

4. Currently, the 3-month T-bill interest rate is 0.5%, and required return for the stock market is 12%. Calculate required rate of return for McDonald stock using the CAPM model.   

5. Assume the dividend growth rate is 5%, calculate the true value and annual rate of

  return of McDonald stock using Gordon model.  

6. Draw a security market line (SML) using the data above. Determine the intercept

  and slope of the SML

1. According to the CAPM model, will you buy McDonald stock or not? Why?

Write about Collective Bargaining with examples in companies and its benefits.

1) As mentioned in this chapter, C++ predefined identifiers such as cout and cin can be redefined by the programmer. However, why is it not wise to do so?

2) The text mentioned that the char data type can be cast into an int. What are some possible uses of this functionality?

3) Introduce the C++ data type string, which is a programmer-defined data type available in the C++ library. Define a string as a sequence of zero or more characters.

Please explain in detail.

Financial technology, also known as FinTech is an industry composed of companies that use new technology and innovation with available resources in order to compete in the marketplace of traditional financial institutions and intermediaries in the delivery of financial services.

The use of mobile apps is embedded in the average Mauritian’s everyday life while the country already provides services such digital insurance, mobile banking amongst others.

Several enterprises, particularly those aiming towards Africa, are already using Mauritius as a viable Fintech platform. The stable business climate and well-established corporate governance culture in Mauritius, favorable time zone, excellent connectivity and highly-educated labour, mitigates the high-risk profile of certain African countries.

Question :

Select a local company of your choice which provides FinTech services and Explain the services provided by the chosen company & justify why the provided services   falls under the FinTech umbrella of technologies.

(Please answer to be based on Mauritian context - 1000 words)

Financial technology, also known as FinTech is an industry composed of companies that use new technology and innovation with available resources in order to compete in the marketplace of traditional financial institutions and intermediaries in the delivery of financial services.

The use of mobile apps is embedded in the average Mauritian’s everyday life while the country already provides services such digital insurance, mobile banking amongst others.

Several enterprises, particularly those aiming towards Africa, are already using Mauritius as a viable Fintech platform. The stable business climate and well-established corporate governance culture in Mauritius, favorable time zone, excellent connectivity and highly-educated labour, mitigates the high-risk profile of certain African countries.

Question:

Select a local company of your choice which provides FinTech services and: Explain the services provided by the chosen company & justify why the provided services falls under the FinTech umbrella of technologies.

Answer to be around 1500 words

case study : Financial technology, also known as FinTech is an industry composed of companies that use new technology and innovation with available resources in order to compete in the marketplace of traditional financial institutions and intermediaries in the delivery of financial services.

The use of mobile apps is embedded in the average Mauritian’s everyday life while the country already provides services such digital insurance, mobile banking amongst others.

Several enterprises, particularly those aiming towards Africa, are already using Mauritius as a viable Fintech platform. The stable business climate and well-established corporate governance culture in Mauritius, favorable time zone, excellent connectivity and highly-educated labour, mitigates the high-risk profile of certain African countries.

question: Rogers capital provides FinTech services in mauritius and:

Explain the services provided by rogers capital & justify why the provided services falls under the FinTech umbrella of technologies.

THE ANSWER SHOULD BE MORE THAN 1000 WORDS .