"This is a religion in the age of portfolio investment."

As at 2009, foreign portfolio investment accounts for only about 2 percent of the stock market in Iran.

"Mexico had an enormous amount of portfolio investments and look what happened there," she said.

The new firm, based in Washington, will manage both direct and portfolio investments for institutions.

Many individuals are locked into portfolio investments they would like to, and should, change, but cannot because of the tax on realisation.

Portfolio investment refers to the purchase of shares and bonds.

Before doing so, we should look at what has happened to direct investment and portfolio investment, for all three are related.

Our results also provide evidence to support the hypothesis advanced in Section 2 that institutional changes have important effects on portfolio investment.

A 25% capital gains tax was levied on direct and portfolio investment.

Major reforms in India's capital markets led to an influx of foreign portfolio investment.

The rest is in portfolio investments like Treasury securities, stocks and bonds.

The commission also suggested a tighter limit on portfolio investments that cannot easily be sold.

The inflow of foreign direct and portfolio investment funds has been surging.

The third major link between the UK and the international economy is financial or portfolio investment.

But wooing portfolio investment is likely to be tougher.

If there were an excess of saving in the country, capital would be exported, either as direct or portfolio investment.

Yemen does not have a stock exchange, therefore limiting inward portfolio investment.

It is important to note, however, that portfolio investment is a two-way affair.

Hence, financial flows, such as direct investment and portfolio investment became more important.

Foreign portfolio investment, which includes shares and securities, decreased dramatically in 1999, but has experienced significant growth since then.

These include market based flows such as foreign direct investments and portfolio investments.

This paper sets out to examine the factors behind foreign portfolio investment in the United Kingdom since the mid-1970s.

Total inward portfolio investment S may be written as:

It is also known as portfolio investment.

In an effort to present an accurate picture, the figure excludes portfolio investments, mergers and acquisitions.