Stick to fundamentals: When appraising the value of a company's stock that Trump criticizes, or even praises, investors should use metrics on a company's business fundamentals before deciding what to do.
From there, the firm drills down to general market conditions and balance sheet fundamentals, before considering unique circumstances like a major acquisition or investment that could steer a company away from increasing its dividend.
The alow-learning child must master fundamentals before he tries anything else.
Everyone should know the fundamentals before a blotter touches their tongue.
He said securities markets had already begun to react negatively to overall economic fundamentals before Iraq invaded Kuwait.
She wants to see how the company deals with the downturn in its power systems business and other business fundamentals before she upgrades it again.
There is a 300-plus-page syllabus for the first year alone, and the students must master certain fundamentals before advancing.
While many authors of science books plough through chapters full of fundamentals before getting to the new stuff, Dr. Hawking, with perhaps a heightened appreciation of time, breezes speedily to the frontier without apologies.
(P.& G. said in a statement that because Dawn had made its debut only in 1973, "In these early stages it was important for Dawn to solidify its fundamentals before pursuing opportunities the brand felt passionate about").
After three terrible starts with the Memphis Redbirds -- in the last two, he could not complete the first inning -- he was sent to the Cardinals' extended spring-training camp, where low-level minor leaguers work on their fundamentals before starting an abbreviated season.
