{"product_id":"country-sector-and-company-factors-in-global-equity-portfolios-isbn-9780943205526","title":"Country, Sector, and Company Factors in Global Equity Portfolios","description":"Indispensible to anyone who is charged with the responsibility of forecasting returns, estimating risk, or structuring efficient portfolios in the global arena, this book is an invaluable reference. Hopkins and Miller combine clear and thorough descriptions of a variety of statistical methods while analysizing four dimensions of global equity portfolios: countries, sectors, industries and companies.  Foreword. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Geography versus Sectors and Industries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Opportunity from Company and Stock Selection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Countries, Sectors, and Stocks in the Active Portfolio Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Breadth Considerations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A. MSCI Global Industry Classification Standard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B. Regression Technique.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C. Explanatory Power Statistic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix D. Average Characteristics of Countries and Sectors Used in Weighting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter J.B. Hopkins\u003c\/b\u003e is a director of the Investment Management Group and head of the Quantitative Research Team (QRT) at Baring Asset Management. He is responsible for the quantitative stage of BAM's investment processes, including stock selection and market allocation modeling. He holds an M.A. and D.Phil. in theoretical nuclear physics from Oxford University, where he was also a lecturer in physics and a research assistant in robotics.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC. Hayes Miller, CFA\u003c\/b\u003e is head of Baring Asset Management's Investment Management Team for North American clients and a member of BAM's Strategic Policy Group, which sets policy for global mandates. He is an asset allocation specialist and developed the country and sector screening models used by BAM.\u003c\/p\u003e  This book enables managers of equity portfolios to surpass simple country returns in a time when differences in country returns are shrinking while differences in global sectors returns grow. As efficient portfolio diversification depends critically on how the investment universe is divided, Hopkins and Miller analyze four dimensions of global equity portfolios: countries, sectors, industries and companies. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombining clear and thorough descriptions of a variety of statistical methods with an abundance of statistical results, their analysis explores the underlying causes of changes in global and country sectors. Indispensible to anyone charged with the responsibility of forecasting returns, estimating risk, or structuring efficient portfolios in the global arena, this book will prove an invaluable reference.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988999291109,"sku":"NP9780943205526","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780943205526.jpg?v=1761782373","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/country-sector-and-company-factors-in-global-equity-portfolios-isbn-9780943205526","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}