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Book Description

The easy-to-use resource for anyone looking to learn more about the financial sector and how to make the most of it

The Fisher Investments On series is designed to provide individual investors, students, and aspiring investment professionals with 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 Financials, the basic investment methodology is applicable for analyzing any global sector, regardless of the current macroeconomic environment.

Following a top-down approach to investing, Fisher Investments on Financials can help you make more informed decisions within the Financials sector. It skillfully addresses how to determine optimal times to invest in Financials stocks and which Financials industries have the potential to perform well in various environments. The book is divided into three comprehensive parts—Getting Started, Financials Details, and Thinking Like a Portfolio Manager.

  • Explains some of the sector's key macro drivers—like regulation, interest rates, and credit trends

  • Shows how to capitalize on a wide array of macro conditions and industry-specific features to help you form an opinion on each of the industries within the sector

  • Takes you through the major components of the industries within the global Financials sector and reveals how they operate

  • Offers investment strategies to help you determine when and how to overweight specific industries within the sector

  • Outlines a five-step process to help differentiate firms in this field—designed to help you identify those with the greatest probability of outperforming

Filled with in-depth insights, Fisher Investments on Financials provides a framework for understanding this sector and its industries to help you make better investment decisions—now and in the future. With this book as your guide, you can gain a global perspective of the Financials sector and discover strategies to help achieve your investing goals.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Part I: Introduction
    1. Chapter 1: Financials Basics
      1. Financials 101
      2. Financials Sector Breakdown
  9. Part II: Industry Group Details
    1. Chapter 2: Banks
      1. Banks 101
      2. Types of Banks
      3. Banks Industry Group Characteristics
      4. Bank Regulation
    2. Chapter 3: Diversified Financials
      1. Capital Markets
      2. Consumer Finance
      3. Diversified Financial Services
    3. Chapter 4: Insurance Industry Group
      1. Characteristics of Insurers
      2. How do Insurance Companies Make Money?
      3. How do Insurance Companies Act?
      4. Regulation
    4. Chapter 5: Real Estate Industry Group
      1. What is a REIT?
      2. REIT Characteristics
      3. A Representative Example: Annaly Capital Management
      4. Equity REIT Sub-Industries
      5. Unique Measurements for REITs
  10. Part III: Thinking Like a Portfolio Manager
    1. Chapter 6: The Top-Down Method
      1. Investing is a Science
      2. The Top-Down Method
      3. Top-Down Deconstructed
      4. Managing Against a Financials Benchmark
    2. Chapter 7: Security Analysis
      1. Make Your Selection
      2. A Five-Step Process
      3. Financials Analysis
    3. Chapter 8: Financials Investing Strategies
      1. Adding Value at the Sector Level
      2. Adding Value at the Country or Industry Level
      3. Adding Value at the Security Level
  11. Appendix A: Reference Material
  12. Appendix B: Derivatives
  13. Appendix C: Risk-Adjusted Balance Sheet
  14. About the Author
  15. Index