Answer these questions using the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's database.

Calculate the 12-month percentage increase in the consumer price index, and plot this, along with the unemployment rate. Do you observe a positive correlation, a negative correlation, or a correlation that is essentially zero? Can you find a Phillips curve relation or reverse Phillips curve?

Web Wizard, Inc., has provided information technology services for several years. The company uses the percentage of credit sales method to estimate bad debts for internal monthly reporting purposes. At the end of each quarter, the company adjusts its records using the aging of accounts receivable method. The company entered into the following selected transactions during the first quarter of 2017:

1. During January, the company provided services for $40,000 on credit.
2. On January 31, the company estimated bad debts using 1 percent of credit sales.
3. On February 4, the company collected $20,000 of accounts receivable.
4. On February 15, the company wrote off a $100 account receivable.
5. During February, the company provided services for $30,000 on credit.
6. On February 28, the company estimated bad debts using 1 percent of credit sales.
7. On March 1, the company loaned $2,400 to an employee who signed a 6 percent note, due in six months.
8. On March 15, the company collected $100 on the account written off one month earlier.
9. On March 31, the company adjusted for uncollectable accounts, based on the following aging analysis, which includes the preceding transactions (as well as others not listed). Prior to the adjustment, Allowance for Doubtful Accounts had an unadjusted credit balance of $1,200.
10. On March 31, the company accrued interest earned on the note.

1-a. For items (a) through (j), analyze the amount and effects on specific financial statement accounts and the overall accounting equation. (Enter any decreases to the account with a minus sign.)

-b. Prepare the journal entries for the above items. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)
2. Show how the receivables related to these transactions would be reported in the current assets section of a classified balance sheet. (Amounts to be deducted should be indicated by a minus sign.)

3. Name the accounts related to Accounts Receivable and Note Receivable that would be reported on the income statement and indicate whether they would appear before or after Income from Operations.

The following information indicates percentage returns for stocks L and M over a 6-year period:

In combining [L−M] in a single portfolio, stock M would receive 60% of capital funds.

Furthermore, the information below reflects percentage returns for assets F, G, and H over a 4-year period, with asset F being the base instrument:

Using these assets, you have a choice of either combining [F−G] or [F−H] in a single portfolio, on an equally-weighted basis.

Required: Calculate the absolute percentage difference in the coefficient of variation (CV) between the stock portfolio [L−M] and the portfolio which outlines the optimal combination of assets.

Answer% Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places (for example: 28.31%).

You just took a $90,000, 10 years loan. The annual percentage rate (APR) is 8%. You are obligated to pay a flat payment at the end of each QUARTER. (a) Make a loan amortization table; (b) Plot a figure to show the flat payment, payment to interest, and payment in each quarter. SHOW IN EXCEL PLEASE

The following information indicates percentage returns for stocks L and M over a 6-year period:

In combining [L−M] in a single portfolio, stock M would receive 60% of capital funds.

Furthermore, the information below reflects percentage returns for assets F, G, and H over a 4-year period, with asset F being the base instrument:

Using these assets, you have a choice of either combining [F−G] or [F−H] in a single portfolio, on an equally-weighted basis.

Required: Calculate the absolute percentage difference in the coefficient of variation (CV) between the stock portfolio [L−M] and the portfolio which outlines the optimal combination of assets.

Answer% Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places (for example: 28.31%).

In a recent 5-year period, mutual fund manager Goldie Touch produced the following percentage rates of return for the Mesozoic Fund. Rates of return on the market index are given for comparison. Calculate:

1. the average return on both the fund and the index
2. the standard deviation of the returns on each.
3. Did Ms. Goldie Touch do better or worse than the market index on these measures?   

   	1	2	3	4	5
   Fund	-1.2	+24.8	+40.7	+11.1	+0.3
   Market Index	-0.9	+16.0	+31.7	+10.9	-0.7

In a recent 5-year period, mutual fund manager Diana Sauros produced the following percentage rates of return for the Mesozoic Fund. Rates of return on the market index are given for comparison.

a. Calculate (a) the average return on both the Fund and the index, and (b) the standard deviation of the returns on each. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

b. Did Ms. Sauros do better or worse than the market index on these measures?

In 1965, more than 40 percent of American adults were smokers. That percentage has now fallen to less than 18 percent. Tobacco companies have dealt with this threat by developing alternative nicotine products such as electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). Research this product and the regulatory environment regarding this product, then write a report advising tobacco companies on the opportunities and threats posed by this technology.

169. What percentage of carbon atoms in cholesterol are derived from acetyl-coA?

171. For every starting molecule of glucose, how many NTPs are made directly in the Citric Acid Cycle (not including any ATP made in the ETC)?

174. Under actual cellular conditions, how many strongly exergonic reactions take place in glycolysis?

168. How many fatty acid chains are attached to a membrane phospholipid?

ANSWER ALL THE QUESTION PLEASE

The following information indicates percentage returns for stocks L and M over a 6-year period:

In combining [L−M] in a single portfolio, stock M would receive 60% of capital funds.

Furthermore, the information below reflects percentage returns for assets F, G, and H over a 4-year period, with asset F being the base instrument:

Using these assets, you have a choice of either combining [F−G] or [F−H] in a single portfolio, on an equally-weighted basis.

Required: Calculate the absolute percentage difference in the coefficient of variation (CV) between the stock portfolio [L−M] and the portfolio which outlines the optimal combination of assets.