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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 sector...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Fisher Investments
Otros Autores: Kelly, Michael, Teufel, Andrew S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2011.
Colección:Fisher Investments on series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover13;
  • 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
  • Chapter 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 Science
  • The 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.