Foreign Investment in US

Discussions debate the implications of US trade deficits leading to foreign capital inflows into American assets like stocks, bonds, factories, and startups, questioning if this is beneficial compared to domestic investment or repatriating overseas profits.

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ChuckNorris89 Jun 7, 2022 View on HN

Sure, but that's US money propping up US companies, what's wrong with that?

Retric Sep 23, 2024 View on HN

Some shareholders in public companies are guaranteed to be outside the US. Similarly wealthy people are more likely to spend money on goods and services outside the US.

skybrian Apr 5, 2025 View on HN

These foreign investments are mostly not currency. When a foreign country makes a lot of investments in the US, they could be buying stocks, bonds, or making direct investments - such as building US factories, as many foreign auto makers have done. Or buying entire companies - one of the big three US auto makers (Stellantis) is now foreign-owned.Stable countries that have a lot of attractive investments will tend to have a large trade deficit, and the US is one of the more profitable places t

analyst74 May 17, 2012 View on HN

What about the hoards of riches who invest in foreign countries?I mean, they made their money in the US, not just do they use the infrastructure, but also take money from American people directly.Now they want to send the money out, and help other countries to start businesses and create jobs?! They might as well live in those 3rd world countries themselves, forever!

aagha Nov 7, 2017 View on HN

What's the benefit to Apple or anyone else if the money is here in the US?

nradov May 31, 2021 View on HN

Those dollars aren't necessarily used to purchase American goods but rather to acquire ownership stakes in American assets.

cowsandmilk Dec 13, 2017 View on HN

What is the mechanism by which it has kept money from being invested in the US?

mmanfrin Oct 10, 2013 View on HN

Where's a better place for they to put their money/all those dollars coming in from exporting to the US?

WalterBright Nov 4, 2019 View on HN

I'd expect to see a lot of foreign investors pull their money out of the US and invest elsewhere.

01284a7e Jan 1, 2026 View on HN

Meh. Everywhere has foreign investment. The economic elite of the UK owns the US as well.