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

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**Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\
**Tags:** banking, portugal, golden-visa\
**Created:** [January 21, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/what-are-the-most-economical-ways-to-transfer-fund-from-us-to-portugal/68676 "2025-01-21T14:41:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/what-are-the-most-economical-ways-to-transfer-fund-from-us-to-portugal/68676/2 "2025-01-21T15:35:39Z")

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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](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/lowest-cost-international-transfer-from-account-in-us-to-portugal/37325/10):
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> 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)

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