Despite the trade war, foreigners buy US shares at a record rate

After US President Donald Trump launched his commercial war and an indication of Canada, and the widespread anxiety in the world markets to the United States during the spring of last year, the fear withdrew the boycott of foreign buyers from US financial products. But what happened in the US stock market was completely different. According to the Federal Reserve data, foreigners’ purchases jumped to a record level during the second quarter. The rise was so strong that the shares became approximately 32% of total foreign allocations for US assets, in a rupture of a standard number that has been steadfast since 1968. Although the numbers showed the reduction of the foreigners from their journey to the United States, and some of their purchases from US -made products, the US stock market has shown an attractive attraction that is difficult to exploit. This is partly attributed to the dominance of wealthy businesses in the field of artificial intelligence, which led to the increase in shares of companies such as “Evidia”, “Microsoft” and “Alphabet” and others. Meanwhile, although the money has dumped in the shares, foreign investors tend to push the dollar towards a sharp decline, perhaps as a hedging against their exposure to the US market. “Customs duties have urged many foreign consumers to boycott US products, but the demand for US stocks has remained big,” said Rob Anderson, a strong demand for US equities, said: “Customs duties have urged many foreign consumers to boycott US products, but the demand for US shares has remained,” Rob Anderson, ” Research. For example, Canadian buys US stocks while avoiding US products. During the three months ended June 30, foreigners pumped about $ 290.7 billion in the US stock market, according to the Federal Reserve data. See also: US stocks are rising with the evaluation of traders of economic data, Elias Gallo, director of the World Investment Strategy at Bank of America, explained that the data of the “Treasury International Capital” system (TIC) showed that from July, foreign shares of US stocks will rise by $ 2.8. Foreign buyers have about $ 18 trillion US stocks, equivalent to about 30% of a market of about $ 60 trillion, which is the highest recorder in data dating from 1945, according to the federal data quoted by Bank of America. It is clear that the dollar value of their possession has increased with the high prices of assets, and the part of the market has also increased. “International investors still buy US shares at a very strong pace,” Gallo said. Fewer than global indicators, although the returns were strong in 2025, but purchases at the level of the index were not in profitability if it took place in other major stock markets. The S&P 500 has recorded a weaker performance of the reference indicators in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan and China, either when measuring local currencies or US dollars. Also read: “S&P 500” records the highest summit for the 28th time this year with the support of the technological sector and the MSCI World index rose 15% this year, and it’s on its way to bypass the “S&B 500” index for the first time since 2017. In contrast, the MSCI All-Country “World Index), which has the US equities stronger, compared only 13% with 13%. Index. Historical summit this year.” These bets were not bad at all. US stocks have seen a strong wave of rise since the lowest levels on April 8, and the last height was driven by federal reduced interest rates for the first time in a year. According to Gallo, it appeared that the pace of the purchase lasted to the third quarter based on the Fast Funds, as international investors showed money in the fixed funds. The past three months have been in the last three months.

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