Net Portfolio Investment - Balance of Payments (BMP Format, New Concept) Quarterly

Portfolio investment is usually referred to as “hot money” since the investor’s motiveis short-term as opposed to a direct investor’s significant degree of influence in a company. A portfolio investor will buy or sell a financial instrument at anytime there is an indication of immediate gain or loss.
Portfolio holdings may be in the form of stocks, bonds and notes, and money market instruments, which are tradable in the market and thus can easily be acquired or disposed of. In the case of stockholdings, a portfolio investor is differentiated from a direct investor if he owns less than ten percent of a company’s total equity.
Other forms of investments are financial derivatives, loans (trade and non-trade), holdings of currency and deposits, and other investments.