Scenario - SS.com Faced with Rapidly Growing Business, Swift Stocks, Inc., a Stocks

question 81

Multiple Choice

Scenario - SS.com
Faced with rapidly growing business, Swift Stocks, Inc., a global brokerage company with the largest market share, recently announced that it has established an on-line stock investment and trading subsidiary, SS.com, where investors can trade stocks at the lowest rates in the industry. The .com subsidiary has less than one percent market share but it faces a very high business growth rate. In the brokerage industry the competition is fierce and all players are cutting their on-line commission rates.
-Swift Stock's traditional brokerage business could be classified as a _____.

• A) cash cow
• B) dog
• C) star
• D) question mark
• E) stuck in the middle business

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Definitions:

Disbursement Activities

The process involving the payment of money from a fund or account, typically referring to the cash flow outgoing from a business or individual for expenses, investments, or other financial purposes.

Collection Activities

Actions taken by businesses or agencies to collect debts owed by customers or clients.

Total Collection Time

The total amount of time taken to collect payments from customers from the point of sale to the actual receipt of funds.

Customer Cheques

Checks written by customers to pay for goods or services.