Fisher investments on health care / / Fisher Investments Press with Michael Kelly and Andrew S. Teufel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818775303321
• Autore: Kelly Michael
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-02629-5; 9786613026293; 1-118-00983-5; 1-118-00981-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Collana: Fisher Investments Press ; ; v.18
• Altri autori (Persone): TeufelAndrew S
• Disciplina: 332.6722; 338.4/33621
• Soggetti: Medical economics; Public health
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Fisher Investments on Health Care; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Getting Started in Health Care; Chapter 1: Health Care Basics; Health Care Basics; Health Care Characteristics; Chapter 2: The US Health Care System; Why Does It Cost So Much?; Private Versus Public; The Regulatory System; US Health Care Reform; Chapter 3: Brief Overview of Health Care Systems by Major Countries; Japan; Germany; France; United Kingdom; China; Chapter 4: Health Care Sector Drivers; Defensive Nature of Health Care; Innovation and Patent Expirations; Political/Regulatory Developments; Part II: Next Steps: Health Care DetailsChapter 5: Health Care Sector Breakdown; Global Industry Classification Standard; Global Health Care Benchmarks; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences; Health Care Equipment & Services Industry Group; Health Care Providers & Services; Health Care Facilities; Health Care Services; Managed Health Care; Health Care Technology; Chapter 6: Challenges in the Health Care Sector; Slowing Growth in Mature Markets; Legislation and Regulation; Responding to Challenges; Part III: Thinking Like a Portfolio Manager; Chapter 7: The Top-Down Method; Investing Is a ScienceThe Top-Down Method; Top-Down Deconstructed; Managing Against a Health Care Benchmark; Chapter 8: Security Analysis; Make Your Selection; A Five-Step Process; Important Questions to Ask; Chapter 9: Make Your Portfolio ""Healthy""; Strategy 1: Adding Value at the Industry and Sub-Industry Level; Strategy 2: Adding Value at the Security Level; Strategy 3: Adding Value in a Health Care Sector Downturn; How to Implement Your Strategy; Appendix: Reference Material; Notes; About the Authors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Fisher Investments On series is designed to provide individual investors, students, and aspiring investment professionals the tools necessary to understand and analyze investment opportunities-primarily for investing in global stocks. Each guide is an easily accessible primer to economic sectors, regions, or other components of the global stock market. While this guide is specifically on Health Care, the basic investment methodology is applicable for analyzing any global sector, regardless of the current macroeconomic environment. Following a top-down approach to investing, <i