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Fisher Investments on Industrials

Gebonden Engels 2009 9780470452288
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The fourth installment of the
Fisher Investments On series is a comprehensive guide to understanding and analyzing investment opportunities within the global Industrials sector.
Fisher Investments on Industrials can help you quickly become familiar with this highly diversified sector, how the sector is segmented by industries, their respective macroeconomic drivers, and the challenges facing Industrials firms.

This reliable guide skillfully addresses how to determine optimal times to invest in Industrials stocks, and which industries and sub–industries have the potential to perform well in various environments. The global Industrials sector is complex, including a variety of sub–industries and countries each with their own unique characteristics. Using the framework found here, you′ll discover how to identify these differences, spot opportunities, and avoid major pitfalls.

Fisher Investments on Industrials:

Discuses industry fundamentals, drivers, attributes, and potential challenges
Profiles each of the Industrials sector′s sub–industries, broken down by industry group: Capital Goods, Transportation, and Commercial Services & Supplies
Delves into a top–down investment methodology as well as individual security analysis

led with in–depth insights and expert advice, Fisher Investments on Industrials provides a framework for understanding this sector and can help you make better investment decisions now and in the future. With this book as your guide, you can quickly gain a global perspective of investing with regard to Industrials.

For more information visit www.industrials.fisherinvestments.com

Specificaties

ISBN13:9780470452288
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:224

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<p>Foreword ix</p>
<p>Preface xi</p>
<p>Acknowledgments xv</p>
<p>Part I: Getting Started in Industrials 1</p>
<p>Chapter 1: Industrials Basics 3</p>
<p>Industrials Basics 4</p>
<p>Industrials Characteristics 7</p>
<p>The Modern Production Process 14</p>
<p>Chapter 2: History of Modern Manufacturing 21</p>
<p>The Advancement of Trade and Investment 22</p>
<p>The Rise of Asia and Changes in the Manufacturing Landscape 29</p>
<p>The State of US Manufacturing 41</p>
<p>Chapter 3: Industrials Sector Drivers 47</p>
<p>Corporate Spending 48</p>
<p>Government Spending 59</p>
<p>Part II: Next Steps: Industrials Details 65</p>
<p>Chapter 4: Industrials Sector Breakdown 67</p>
<p>Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) 67</p>
<p>Global Industrials Benchmarks 69</p>
<p>Capital Goods Industry Group 75</p>
<p>Transportation 85</p>
<p>Commercial &amp; Professional Services 93</p>
<p>Chapter 5: Staying Current: Tracking Sector Fundamentals 97</p>
<p>What to Watch 97</p>
<p>Corporate and Government Spending–Related Metrics 98</p>
<p>Industry Specific Indicators 111</p>
<p>Chapter 6: The Infrastructure Market 117</p>
<p>A Very Big Market 118</p>
<p>Infrastructure Investment Drivers 120</p>
<p>Risks to Infrastructure Growth 123</p>
<p>Participating in the Infrastructure Boom 125</p>
<p>Part III: Thinking Like a Portfolio Manager 131</p>
<p>Chapter 7: The Top–Down Method 133</p>
<p>Investing Is a Science 133</p>
<p>Einstein s Brain and the Stock Market 134</p>
<p>The Top–Down Method 136</p>
<p>Top–Down Deconstructed 142</p>
<p>Managing Against an Industrials Benchmark 149</p>
<p>Chapter 8: Security Analysis 155</p>
<p>Make Your Selection 156</p>
<p>A Five–Step Process 157</p>
<p>Important Questions to Ask 164</p>
<p>Chapter 9: Allocating your Capital Good 171</p>
<p>Strategy 1: Adding Value at the Industry Level 171</p>
<p>Strategy 2: Adding Value at the Security Level 179</p>
<p>Strategy 3: Industrials Sector Downturn 180</p>
<p>How to Implement Your Strategy 180</p>
<p>Appendix: Industrials Websites and Data Sources 183</p>
<p>Notes 185</p>
<p>Glossary 194</p>
<p>About the Authors 197</p>
<p>Index 198</p>

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