LEADER 04215nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910818775303321 005 20240514015041.0 010 $a1-283-02629-5 010 $a9786613026293 010 $a1-118-00983-5 010 $a1-118-00981-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000058368 035 $a(EBL)698879 035 $a(OCoLC)742333264 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000469214 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11302101 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469214 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10511262 035 $a(PQKB)11432281 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC698879 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL698879 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10447786 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL302629 035 $a(OCoLC)722241165 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000058368 100 $a20100504d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFisher investments on health care /$fFisher Investments Press with Michael Kelly and Andrew S. Teufel 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aHoboken, NJ $cJohn Wiley & Sons$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (226 p.) 225 1 $aFisher Investments Press ;$vv.18 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-470-52705-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aFisher 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 327 $aPart 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 327 $aInvesting 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 330 $aThe 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,