Foreign direct investment (FDI) refers to
A. the hot money that an investor needs to get registered in a foreign stock exchange to make investments and have the liberty to sell stocks purchased earlier.
B. the flow of funding provided by an investor or lender to establish or acquire a foreign company or to expand or finance an existing foreign company that the investor owns and controls.
C. the passive holding of securities such as foreign stocks, bonds, or other financial assets, none of which entails active management or control of the securities issued by the investor.
D. a method of funding business adopted by a foreign investor by participating directly in the secondary markets of a country, through investments in the country's stocks or bonds.
Answer: B
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