net portfolio capital flows

net portfolio capital flows definition - finance
Foreign acquisitions plus U.S. divestitures of foreign securities. Strong net portfolio capital flows help to support a countryÂ’s currency. This is a statistic that tracks how much money is being invested in a country by foreigners and the extent to which domestic companies are selling their foreign holdings.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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