Apple has a $200 billion war chest, should it buy Nintendo and Sega?

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Teeqoz said:

Soundwave said:

http://bgr.com/2015/02/11/apple-vs-google-microsoft-market-cap/

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-31012410

http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/26/10828134/apple-earnings-report-first-quarter-q1-2016-record-profit

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/21/just-how-much-cash-does-apple-have.html

Apple is doing things no corporation has ever done in terms of the type of money that make, they have larger cash reserves than MS and Google combined and they continue to post profits that dwarf even oil corporations like Exxon Mobil at their peak. They have double the cash reserve of the US government, lol. 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2014/04/13/fun-number-apple-has-twice-as-much-cash-as-the-us-government/#4cc687e0386d

Apple has more cash than every S&P 500's (the top companies in the world) market cap outside of just 14 of them. That's unbelievable. 

Apple has over $200 billion in cash reserves, Microsoft's market cap is $396 billion, but Apple's cash reserves have been growing at a rapid pace, so yes they could theoretically make a pitch for MS some day (especially if Microsoft's stock drops). 

Disney would be a better target for for Apple though and they do have the cash reserves to do it, but it would take pretty much their entire cash hoarde. 

FYI Apple has 170 Billion in cash reserves, not 200.

It's $206 billion as of last October:

http://recode.net/2015/10/28/apple-is-doing-nothing-with-its-206-billion-cash-pile-heres-a-possible-shopping-list/

And probably larger now because they just posted the highest profit in corporate history for the Oct-Dec period of $18+ billion in those three months.