↑ The data in the table represent the stock price for a company at the end of each month in 2015. (a) Construct a time-series plot and comment on any trends. (b) What was the percent change in the stock price of the company from January 2015 to December 2015? Date 1/15 2/15 3/15 4/15 5/15 6/15 7/15 8/15 9/15 10/15 11/15 12/15 Closing Price 28.78 28.98 31.45 35.08 31.50 31.88 30.66 31.55 32.14 36.17 36.63 37.28 D (a) Which of the following is a time-series plot of the data? OB. Q 40- win 35- 30- 40- O C. Jan Jun Dec Month 40- 30- 25TTTET Jan Jun Month Dec Q 251 D. Jan Jun Dec Month 40- 35- 30- 25- Jan Jun Dec Month Comment on any trends. Choose the correct answer below. OA. The stock price generally remained the same throughout the year. Q OB. The stock price generally decreased throughout the year. OC. There was no discernible trend in the stock price throughout the year. D. The stock price generally increased throughout the year. (b) The percent change in the stock price of the company from January 2015 to December 2015 was 30%. (Round to the nearest tenth as needed.)

Quarterly Glass Container Demand Year 1990 1991 1992 First Qtr. 17,446. 17,748. 17,595. Second Qtr. 17,785. 19,360. 18,338. Third Qtr. 18,971. Fourth Qtr. 19140. 17,802. 19,413. 18,315. 18,083. Question: Quarterly sales (in thousands of units) of a product over the last two years have been 26, 29, 30, 27, 28, 32, 33, and 30. Plot the data and forecast for the next period using Winter's Seasonal Model. Now, assume sales for the ninth quarter turned out to be 32. Update your parameter estimates and forecast sales for period 10.

It is claimed that Table 6 represents the seasonal factors obtained from a quarterly time series. Table 6 Quarter 1 2 3 4 Explain why this claim cannot be correct. Seasonal Factor -203.4 -81.6 24.1 -260.9

The following data were taken from Miller Company's balance sheet:   Dec. 31, Year 2     Dec. 31, Year 1 Total liabilities $150,000     $105,000 Total stockholders' equity 75,000     60,000 a. Compute the ratio of liabilities to stockholders' equity. Round your answers to one decimal place.   Liabilities toStockholders' Equity 12/31/Year 2: fill in the blank 1 12/31/Year 1: fill in the blank 2 b. Has the creditors' risk increased or decreased from December 31, Year 1, to December 31, Year 2?