Following the money is always a good idea. Ian Talley of The Wall Street Journal explains that rising stock prices led to a new record in the value of foreign owned assets in America in the fourth quarter of 2013.
Foreign investment in the U.S. hit a fresh record in the final quarter of 2013 as rising stock prices boosted the value of American assets, according to figures released Wednesday.
The value of foreign investment in the U.S. hit $26.54 trillion the fourth quarter, up $777.8 billion from the previous quarter and far surpassing a $372.1 billion increase in U.S. investments abroad, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis said. Adjusting for inflation, the value of foreign investment surpassed the previous record in 2011 and is at the highest level since the data were first collected in 1976.
