US Investors Lift Foreign Securities Holdings to $19.3 Trillion as Equities Jump 26%
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Updated · akchabar.kg · Sep 1
US Investors Lift Foreign Securities Holdings to $19.3 Trillion as Equities Jump 26%
3 articles · Updated · akchabar.kg · Sep 1
Summary
$19.3 trillion in foreign securities sat in US portfolios at the end of 2025, up $3.45 trillion from a year earlier in preliminary Treasury data.
$15.25 trillion of that total was in foreign equities, which rose 26% and made up about 79% of holdings, far outpacing gains in long-term debt and short-term instruments.
$3.07 trillion was tied to the Cayman Islands, the largest destination for US portfolio investment, including $2.51 trillion in equities; the top five jurisdictions accounted for about half of the total.
$318 billion of US holdings were in mainland China, ranking it 15th, while France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany and Taiwan each drew larger allocations.
October 30, 2026 is when Treasury, the New York Fed and the Federal Reserve plan to publish the final report, which could revise the preliminary figures.