An equity management style which places little emphasis on the significance o economic and market cycles and focuses instead on an analysis of individual stocks.
An investment strategy that builds portfolios of securities based on the characteristics of the securities themselves and not on the industry, sector or geographical region in which they are traded. The intention is to invest in securities that outperform their market regardless of industry and economic trends. Opposite of Top Down.
Building larger objects from smaller building blocks. Nanotechnology seeks to use atoms and molecules as those building blocks. The advantage of bottom-up design is that the covalent bonds holding together a single molecule are far stronger than the weak. [NTN] Mostly done by chemists, attempting to create structure by connecting molecules.
Mode of fundamental analysis based on finding investment opportunities by analysing firstly the company and continuing in ascending order until the macroeconomic scope is reached.
An approach to investment selection, based on analysing companies' qualities (such as profitability, cash flow, earnings and pricing power), to work out if they are a worthwhile investment for a portfolio.
A bottom up approach to investing means that a fund manager will pay a great deal of attention to the analysis of companies such as the strength of its management, growth prospects, operating models etc. Market conditions and economic issues are taken into consideration but are not of great importance when selecting companies for a portfolio.
Focuses on an issue from the viewpoint of workers in the field rather than management. (see also Top Down) Capacity Building Capacity building involves: resources to change the delivery system, and building the capacity of that system to maintain programs and to deliver new ones a shift in focus from individuals (exclusively) to organisations and systems thinking in terms of an investment capacity building can be thought of as enhancing the capacity of the system to prolong and multiply health effects workers devoting resources to changing the system, building the capacity of that system to maintain health promotion programs and to develop new ones capacity building is held to be instrumental in multiplying health gains. Capacity building aims to: distil the theoretical and practical knowledge developed and applied by a research team transmit this information in a manner responsive to the needs and interests of policy makers, managers and workers. Dimensions of Capacity Building include: health infrastructure or service development program maintenance and sustainability increasing competence and capabilities. (Roche, 2001)
An investment strategy which focuses on the analysis of individual company's performance (e.g. sales growth) rather than the general industry, economic or market trends. opposite of top down.
This describes a fund manager who selects stocks purely on the fundamentals of the company alone, as opposed to taking a view on the economic environment. See also Top Down.
The opposite of top down; an approach which builds simple low-level objects into more complex higher-level objects.
An analysis technique that focuses on finding the most granular details and building up incrementally to a comprehensive overview.
Description of a management style where the manager gives priority to individual stock selection over investment sector or asset allocation.
Bottom Up is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company focuses mainly on games for a niche audience, such as sumo wrestling and mahjong games. The company has published and developed games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast and Wonderswan games systems.
