for the NASDAQ of 18.09%. After this has been carried out, the daily and annualized standard deviations are also found for both MSFT and NASDAQ. The daily standard deviation for the same period is considered which comes to around 2.74% and then this amount is annualized to yield an annualized standard deviation of 52.29%. The same process gives a daily standard deviation of NASDAQ as 1.43% and annualized standard deviation is 27.35% (Figure 1). In order to find the beta associated with the company
determined by unexpected earnings and calculated as the difference between actual earnings per share (EPS) and estimated EPS divided by the stock price three days prior to the earnings announcement. In addition to mean and the median of these errors, standard deviation (SD) was used as a measure of volatility, for both the consensus among analysts revising recommendations and the relative number of analysts agreeing/disagreeing (numeric rating of 1 for sell and 5 for strong buy).
Part I. There are a number of different concepts that will help to understand what financial statements are and the role that they play in the American financial system. The first important concept is that of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or GAAP. The GAAP are the established guidelines for the creation of financial statements. The GAAP applies specifically to public companies, although a number of private companies and not-for-profit organizations will also use the GAAP system. What
PROBLEM-1 Prof. Hardtack gave four Friday quizzes last semester in his 10 student senior tax accounting class. Find the mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation for each quiz. a) How do these data sets differ in terms of Central Tendency and Dispersion? b) Briefly describe and compare student performance on each quiz. Quiz 60 60 60 60 71 73 74 75 88 99 1 Quiz 65 65 65 65 70 74 79 79 79 79 2 Quiz 66 67 70 71 72 72 74 74 95 99 3 Quiz 10 49 70 80 85 88 90 93 97 98 4 PROBLEM 2 • •
Chapter 7 #42 The accounting department at Weston Materials, Inc., a national manufacturer of unattached garages, reports that it takes two construction workers a mean of 32 hours and a standard deviation of 2 hours to erect the Red Barn model. Assume the assembly times follow the normal distribution. a. Determine the z values for 29 and 34 hours. What percent of the garages take between 32 hours and 34 hours to erect? z(29) = (29-32)/2 = -3/2 z(34) = (34-32)/2 = 1 z(32) = 0 P(32 < x <
Abstract GAAP requires company to disclose accounting policy in their financial reports. These policies provide relevant information to decision makers on choices taken by executives. Financial statements are the final product of accounting process. Income statement provides data for investment and other decisions. The net income is essentially the common income statement form, consisting of classifications such as income from continuing operations, discontinued operations, extraordinary items
been the implementation and preserva The Petrodollar System From the Gold Standard To Black Gold By: Gibson J.T. Intro Behind the global power of the U.S. dollar, hides the most significant form of currency you 've probably never heard of, the Petrodollar. The word “Petrodollar” was coined by the Egyptian economist Ibrahim Oweiss, as a way to describe how oil producing and exporting countries were accounting for oil units outside of the regular money supply. While the Petrodollar may
Northeastern State University John D. Rockefeller Annaz Sprinkle Principles of Management 3183 Bruce Richardson November 5, 2016 Annaz Sprinkle Bruce Richardson MGMT 3183 November 5, 2016 John D. Rockefeller Playing a game of kickball in the street was not the only excitement young children had. Many young children often contemplated what they would become in their adult life. They aspired to be a fireman, astronaut, doctor, lawyer and even a wealthy businessman. Some children eventually
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BUSINESS CONVERGED STANDARD ON REVENUE RECOGNITION IFRS 15-REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS By LE, DOAN YEN NHI 11809946 Word count: 1000 (excluding executive summary and reference) Due date: 18th May 2015, 5 pm Executive summary On May 2014, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) had jointly issue the converged standard, IFRS 15, on the Recognition of Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The new standard create a common