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Inside Alphabet’s Capital Allocation Strategy

Inside Alphabet’s Capital Allocation Strategy

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) cash holdings grew to ~$102.0 billion at the end of 2017, compared with $86.4 billion at the end of 2016. Alphabet, the parent of Google, is among the US multinationals that have accumulated significant cash holdings overseas. Apple, Cisco Systems, Microsoft (MSFT), and Facebook (FB) are among these companies.