Foreigners own nearly $30 trillion in U.S. stocks and bonds. Here’s why that number should be on every investor’s radar
Every action of SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: SPY) you own, and every Treasury bond in your retirement account, exist within a market that foreign investors have filled with more than $35 trillion in capital. That figure, according to the U.S. Treasury’s most recent annual survey released in June 2025, is up from about…