The significant issue for big tech lies in their substantial cash deficit.

The once-enviable predicament of having surplus funds has shifted from being a mark of success to a troubling dilemma. The foremost tech giants, namely Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and the parent companies of Google and Facebook, find themselves in this quandary, boasting a combined total of over $570 billion in cash reserves, short-term, and long-term investments. This staggering amount surpasses the combined wealth of the subsequent five wealthiest nonfinancial firms on the S&P 500 index, as per data sourced from S&P Global Market Intelligence.