Last week we reported that in October, a record month in which Japanese stocks saw just one losing day in the entire month, foreigners bought a record amount of Japanese equities. It wasn't just Japan, however, where the international community was busy buying. According to the just released TIC data, foreigner accounts, both official and private, were just as busy buying US stocks. In fact, of the $61 billion in net long-term securities purchased by foreigners in September, almost half - or $26 billion - was equities.