hot money

hot money definition - finance
Money that runs from one sector or investment to another very quickly. Hot money may be hedge funds attempting to take advantage of a trend. Hot money also may be funds that flow into another country and will just as quickly flow out if the fundamentals seem to be changing even slightly.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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