Steady Eddie Foreign Investment

Bob Elliott · Nonconsensus · February 17, 2026 at 11:13 · ⏱ 2 min read  | Read on Substack ↗
Summary
The author analyzes foreign investment flows into the US, noting that the data shows remarkable stability over the last year, which contradicts the divergent narratives often presented by political partisans. A slight increase in foreign purchases of US stocks is the main notable change.
  • Foreign investment into the US has remained largely steady over the past year.
  • This data challenges the more extreme narratives from different political viewpoints.
  • There has been a slight uptick in foreign buying of US stocks.
Read time 2 min
Length 2,971 chars
Category finance
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