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Portfolio investment

Portfolio investment happens when people / businesses from one country buy shares or other securities such as bonds in other nations.

For example:

  • A UK investor buys some shares in Google (this is a portfolio investment outflow for the UK accounts)
  • A German investment bank might buy some of the sovereign debt issued by the UK government (this counts as a portfolio investment inflow for the UK)

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