Tech Flush with Cash

Short term investments and cash equivalents Microsoft: 133 Billion Nasdaq MSFT Facebook 29 Billion Nasdaq FB Apple: 74 Billion Nasdaq AAPL Apple's mound of cash and cash equivalents continued to scrape the cloudline this quarter, coming in at $268.9 billion in the company's quarterly earnings report. (CNBC -- not sure the difference in how they measure it but look at both sources.) Amazon: 26 Billion Nasdaq AMZN

Gigantic Pile of Tech Cash

With the right trigger, a whole lot of new tech could be invested in and sold. I think PicoP display -- and after that AR is the right trigger... 

Who's holding cash?

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Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Oracle (ORCL) are sitting on $504 billion, or 30%, of the $1.7 trillion in cash and cash equivalents held by U.S. non-financial companies in 2015, according to an analysis released Friday by ratings agency Moody's Investors Service.  That's even more cash concentration than in previous years, as these five companies held 27% of cash in 2014 and 25% in 2013. Apple alone is holding more cash and investments than eight of the 10 entire industry sectors.