Definition of Country selection

Country selection

A type of active international management that measures the contribution to performance
attributable to investing in the better-performing stock markets of the world.

Adverse selection

A situation in which market participation is a negative signal.

Country beta

Covariance of a national economy's rate of return and the rate of return the world economy
divided by the variance of the world economy.

Country financial risk

The ability of the national economy to generate enough foreign exchange to meet
payments of interest and principal on its foreign debt.

Country risk General

Level of political and economic uncertainty in a country affecting the value of loans or
investments in that country.

Currency selection

Asset allocation in which the investor chooses among investments denominated in
different currencies.

Security selection decision

Choosing the particular securities to include in a portfolio.

Self-selection

Consequence of a contract that induces only one group (e.g. low risk individuals) to participate.

Single country fund

A mutual fund that invests in individual countries outside the United States.

Stock selection

An active portfolio management technique that focuses on advantageous selection of
particular stocks rather than on broad asset allocation choices.

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