Equities
Who is buying shares
Net buying of US shares by each type of investor, from the Federal Reserve, and equity flows into Japan and the euro area.
Who bought US shares
Net purchases of US-listed and other corporate equities by each type of investor, from the Federal Reserve's Financial Accounts. Household figures are what is left after all other sectors are counted, so they include some investors not separately identified. How to read these figures.
Net purchases over four quarters
$bn, not seasonally adjusted.
The move from mutual funds to ETFs
Net purchases, rolling four-quarter totals, $bn.
Buybacks and new shares
Shares issued by US non-financial companies minus shares they bought back or retired in takeovers. Below zero means companies took more shares out of the market than they put in.
Net share issuance by US non-financial companies
Each quarter, $bn.
In the first half of 2026 US companies issued more shares than they bought back, for the first time since 2021.
Shares across borders
Foreign investors' net buying of shares in the US, Japan and the euro area, in each source's own currency.
Japan: weekly equity flows
Foreign investors' net purchases of Japanese shares, ¥tn.
Japanese investors buying foreign shares
Each week, ¥tn.
Euro area: monthly equity flows
Net purchases of shares and investment fund units, €bn.
For foreign buying of US shares by month and by investor type, see US flows.
The monthly read
A short email after each TIC release: where money moved, what changed among the big holders, and the charts that matter.