Question

Potentially attractive options for allocating a diversified company's financial resources include all of the following, EXCEPT:

Group of answer choices

1. Selling all of the company's cash hog businesses and using the proceeds to acquire new cash cow businesses

2. Paying off existing long-term or short-term debt, increasing dividend payments to shareholders, building cash reserves, or repurchasing shares of the company's stock

3.Investing in ways to strengthen or grow existing businesses

4. Making acquisitions to establish positions in new businesses or to complement existing businesses

5. Funding long-range R&D ventures aimed at opening market opportunities in new or existing businesses

Answer 1

1. Selling all of the company's cash hog businesses and using the proceeds to acquire new cash cow businesses

This is not one of the ways by which the organization may potentially attract financial.optuons for the same accordingly.