The total accumulation of the foreign owned assets at the given time is defined as the stock of the FDI and it always measures the direct investment in a given point of time.
Explanation:
When a business owned in one country is controlled or assisted by the business from another country is called as FDI that is Foreign Direct Investment.
The operation can be done by expanding the business either organically or inorganically. There are many types of FDI the horizontal, the vertical and the platform FDI.