Name at least two changes brought about by Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002.

ACTIVITY 2

Use the information below to calculate the CPI and inflation rate

Basket                  8 pair of shoes                  4 oil changes

Compute the cost of the basket of goods.

Calculate the CPI use 2003 as the base year.

Calculate the inflation rate use beginning with the inflation rate between 2003 and 2004

Use the information below to calculate the CPI and the Inflation rate

Basket                  10 DVDs                             6 gallons of Milk

Compute the cost of the basket of goods

Calculate the CPI use 2004 as the base year.

Calculate the inflation rate beginning with the inflation rate between 2004 and 2005

Suppose a local news anchorperson in 1960 made $30,000 and the price level in 1960 was 45. Today’s price level is 210. What is the 1960’s local news anchorperson salary worth in today’s dollars.(This is similar to the Babe Ruth example in the notes

Suppose the nominal interest rate is 14% and the inflation rate is 5%. What is the real interest rate?

Suppose the real interest rate is 7% and the inflation rate is 6%. What is the nominal interest rate?

Bond Redemption

St. Wyncomb Co. issued 10 percent, $420,000 face value bonds with a 20 year maturity at 96 on Jnuary 1, 2002. The bonds are callable at 104 after one year. St. Wyncomb Co. decided to call the bonds after interest rates dropped on December 31. 2004. To finance the retirement, St. Wyncomb issued 8 percent, $440,000 face value bonds with a 20 year maturity at 102 on December 31, 2004.

1. Prepare an amortization schedule for the first three years for the original bonds, and the first two years of the new bonds.

2. Prepare the journal entries to recorn the following.

a. Issue of original bonds.

b. Annual interest payment in the year of the redemption, 2004 for the original bonds.

c. Isue of new bonds.

d. Redemption of original bonds.

e. First annual interest payment for the new bonds.

3. Prepare a T-Account for the dincount accond for the original bonds.

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Use the Housing Interest Rate database (see DATA at bottom of this question)

In this part using Housing Interest Rate database, the objective is to compare the variation in the FIXED_RATE between two periods; before 2000 and after year 2000.

• i) Using descriptive statistics measures to interpret the shape of FIXED_RATE variable, calculate any outlier(s) finally verify whether if the empirical rule applies to the FIXED_RATE distribution.  Use an appropriate graph to confirm your findings.

• ii) Use a random generating procedure to draw a random sample of size 80 with respect to the “before and after year 2000 “factor.  Indicate which sampling method you used.  Using your sample data, calculate which period shows more variation in the FIXED_RATE.  Using the sample data, what is the   sampling error of FIXED_RATE?

I WILL GIVE YOU THUMBS UP AND EXCELLENT REVIEWS FOR HELP/GUIDANCE WITH THIS. ANY HELP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED! THANK YOU!

DATA:

Suppose retailers would like to forecast the percentage of customers who plan to purchase gift cards during the upcoming holiday season. The following data show this percentage from 2002 to 2009. The data is as follows:

Perform the following:

1. Using a 3-period simple moving average, forecast the percentage of holiday shoppers who will purchase a gift card in 2010.

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2. Calculate the MAD for the forecast in part a.

3. Using a 3-period weighted moving average with the weights 5, 3, and 1, forecast the percentage of holiday shoppers who will purchase a gift card in 2010.

4. Calculate the MAD for the forecast in part c.

5. In which forecast do you have the most confidence?

Please show excel sheets for the following, answers are provided

The CPI-U for Americans 62 years of age and older (some of your professors and some of your authors are interested in this!) present the following annual inflation rates in percent:

A farmer's marketing cooperative recorded the volume of wheat harvested by its members from 1991-2004. The cooperative is interested in detecting the long-term trend of the amount of wheat harvested. The data collected is shown in the table.

                                     Wheat Harvested by Coop. Member

            Year      Time          (y, in thousands of bushels)    

            1991         1                               75

            1992         2                               78

            1993         3                               82

            1994         4                               82

            1995         5                               84

            1996         6                               85

            1997         7                               87

            1998         8                               91

            1999         9                               92

            2000        10                              92

            2001        11                              93

            2002        12                              96

            2003        13                            101

            2004        14                            102                       

Find the least squares prediction equation for the model. Use excel to conduct data analysis. Provide detailed interpretation of the results.

You have the following historical annual total returns on Terlingua Oil & Gas Exploration:

Calculate the sample standard deviation of annual return.

Do not round at intermediate steps in your calculation. Express your answer in percent. Round to two decimal places. Do not type the % symbol.

Linear    yt = _______ xt + __________

Quadratic yt = ______ xt^2 + ___________ xt + __________

Exponential yt = __________e-------x

Use each pf the three fitted trend equations to make numerical forecasts for the next 3 years.

Find both the arithmetic growth rate and the geometric growth rate of the dividends for Queen Bee Limited.

What is the arithmetic growth rate of the dividends for Queen Bee Limited​?

​(Round to two decimal​ places.)

What is the geometric growth rate of the dividends for Queen Bee Limited?

​(Round to two decimal​ places.)