Foreign Purchases of US Equities Hit Record $940 Billion

Key Facts

1Overseas purchases of US equities topped $940bn in the year to July.

Overseas purchases of US equities topped $940 billion in the year to July 2026. The Financial Times reported that foreign capital inflows reached a record high during this period as international investors increased their exposure to American markets.

The surge in investment was driven by strong performance in the S&P 500 and a robust economic outlook, prompting a shift in appetite away from debt instruments toward equities. These record inflows provide significant liquidity to support US equity valuations, based on Treasury data covering the 12 months through July 2026.