According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, in 2016, Moody's Investors Service has agreed to pay $130 million to end a prominent lawsuit alleging crisis-era misconduct ... The article also noted that, The industry's business model ... remains in place. Source: Timothy W. Martin, Moody's to Pay Calpers $130 Million to Settle Lawsuit, Wall Street Journal, March 9, 2016. All of the following factors contributed to the misconduct cited in the article, except: A. Rating agencies provided high ratings primarily to ensure firms would continue to hire them. B. Analysts anticipated how severe the housing crisis would be. C. Many of the mortgage-backed securities had complicated structures. D. Analysts at the rating agencies were reluctant to require issuers to provide sufficient information to rate the securities. Which of the following does NOT explain why the industry's business model remains in place? A. Governments include bond ratings in their regulation of banks. B. New restrictions on conflicts of interest have been placed on the agencies. C. Ratings agencies are shielded from investor lawsuits. D. Investors still rely heavily on the agencies.

Which of the following housing decisions provides a person with both housing and an investment? a. selling a share in a cooperative. b. buying a single-family home. c. renting an apartment. d. subletting a condominium. 2b2t

The monthly sales for yazici​ batteries, inc., were as​ follows: month jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sept oct nov dec sales 19 20 17 12 11 18 16 17 19 22 21 24 this exercise contains only parts b and c. ​b) the forecast for the next month​ (jan) using the naive method​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to a whole​ number). the forecast for the next period​ (jan) using a​ 3-month moving average approach​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). the forecast for the next period​ (jan) using a​ 6-month weighted average with weights of 0.10​, 0.10​, 0.10​, 0.20​, 0.20​, and 0.30​, where the heaviest weights are applied to the most recent month​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to one decimal​ place). using exponential smoothing with alpha ​= 0.40 and a september forecast of 21.00​, the forecast for the next period​ (jan) = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). using a method of trend​ projection, the forecast for the next month​ (jan) = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). ​c) the method that can be used for making a forecast for the month of march is ▾ a 3-month moving average a 6-month weighted moving average exponential smoothing the naive method a trend projection .

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