Series 82: Direct Foreign Investment

Direct Foreign Investment

Individuals who wish to invest in a specific international security on a foreign exchange may do so through their broker, who will contact a market maker in the host country to make a trade. Alternatively, they may set up their own account in that country with a local brokerage firm.

Investment in foreign securities comes with some unfamiliar risks. Disclosure information about a security is not always timely or accurate in some countrie