Washington Policy Analysis

Interpreting Washington for Wall Street

Every day, policy makers on Capitol Hill, in the White House, and at the regulatory agencies make dozens of decisions that impact the financial markets. FBR Capital Markets' Washington Policy team provides institutional investors with the analyses, interpretations and predictions they need to make investing decisions in this rapidly changing environment.

Interpreting Important Issues Before They Become News

Periodically, we publish a look ahead at the developments in Washington likely to move the markets. This executive briefing provides portfolio managers with the outlook, context and insights they need to stay ahead of the morning paper and the evening news.

Our clients also receive targeted, in-depth reports that explore the legislative and policy issues crucial to particular industries, including the consumer, energy and natural resources, financial services, defense and homeland security, and technology, media and telecommunications sectors.

Profiting from Opportunities Where Power and Money Meet

Our clients see direct benefits from FBR Capital Markets’ Washington home. Our research team is headquartered in the national capitol area. We know the city and its key players, so we are able to offer financial managers the opportunity to hear from some of America’s most influential lawmakers and policy experts - in organized forums, on issue-oriented conference calls, and at industry-focused investor conferences.

News You Can Use - and More of It Every Day

To ensure that clients receive reports that are relevant and actionable, the Washington Policy team is tightly integrated with our other vertical industry research groups. When Congress looked to overhaul Medicare and enact new prescription drug benefit plans, we partnered with our healthcare research analysts to provide timely insights into how each proposal would affect individual pharmaceutical companies. We work closely with FBR Capital Markets' financial institutions analysts to interpret briefings from key members of the House and Senate on the issues facing the insurance, banking, securities and mortgage lending industries.

As we grow our research coverage, the Washington Policy group is also expanding our scope. Our coverage of Defense Department budget issues is linked to our sector analysts’ reporting on homeland security, defense and government information technology firms. We track the governmental moves affecting the energy and natural resources areas in close contact with our analysts following the coal, oil, exploration and production and oilfield services stocks.

Today, investors need more and better information. Smart investing decisions require not just an understanding of companies and markets, but also a guide through the legal, political, legislative and regulatory environments in which they do business. That intelligence is our mission.