Country, Sector, and Company Factors in Global Equity Portfolios

Preface.

1. Geography versus Sectors and Industries.

2. The Opportunity from Company and Stock Selection.

3 Countries, Sectors, and Stocks in the Active Portfolio Management.

4. Breadth Considerations.

Conclusion.

Appendix A. MSCI Global Industry Classification Standard.

Appendix B. Regression Technique.

Appendix C. Explanatory Power Statistic.

Appendix D. Average Characteristics of Countries and Sectors Used in Weighting.

References.