While the domestic euphoria in the stock market bubble has succeeded to sucker in everyone into the biggest multiple expansion rally in 15 years (as was noted earlier today, 75% of the S&P’s YTD return has come from its trailing PE expanding to 16.5x now from 13.7x in 2012 – the largest increase since 1998), foreigners continue to vote with their feet. In fact, as today’s August TIC data report showed, in August – perhaps due to Tapering fears – foreigners sold $16.9 billion in US equities. This was the fourth largest equity outflow in history. Transactions in other securities were mixed, with $10.8 billion in long-term Treasury sales offset by $16.8 billion in MBS/agency purchases, as well as $2.3 bilion in Corporate Bond buys.
How does this chart look on a trailing 12 month basis? Not good – the 12 month rolling average of net foreign purchases of Long-Term US securities dropped to just $17 billion from $25 billion last month. This is also the lowest average print since the 2009 recession.
Source: TIC
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