What are the most economical ways to transfer fund from US to portugal?

[garrett]

A couple threads out there, if you’re in the US, this thread is the most relevant

Lowest Cost International Transfer from Account in US to Portugal

I think this is only true if for pure currency speculation. But if you convert USD to EUR to buy a Portuguese stock, then later sell the stock in EUR and convert back to USD, that’s just a normal capital gain/loss since the primary investment was stock, and the currency exchange was just part of buying/selling the stock.

I did IBKR, and they weren’t exactly thrilled to have me only use them for forex, but they didn’t close my account or anything (and then I ended up using them for other stuff, so go figure)