I always look at the past year, 3 and 5 year stock trends of a company to see how the market has seen the stock in the past. (dividendstocksrock.com)
The advantage to buying shares in these companies is that you can look at the past performance of the company to determine if it has a reliable history. (sapling.com)
We can not evaluate evolution simply by looking at its past history, one which is often quite tumultuous, violent, and confusing. (religion-online.org)