The phrase
"deteriorating fundamentals" refers to a situation where the essential or basic elements of something are getting worse or declining. It is often used in finance or economics to describe a decline in the core factors that impact the value or performance of a company, economy, or investment.
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Case in point: National and regional banks are unloading their real estate with more frequency to help address
deteriorating fundamentals in their loan portfolios and a host of other balance sheet issues.
Many of the healthcare operating companies, tenants of Healthcare REITs, have been
experiencing deteriorating fundamentals and operating metrics, and it stands to reason that HCP's share price was going to suffer as a result of its largest tenant, HCR ManorCare.
Stock may also be downgraded because
of deteriorating fundamentals of the issuing company, or because that company's line of business isn't favored by the current marketplace or macro environment.
I also try to stay away from businesses
with deteriorating fundamentals (opposite of what I like such as steadily decreasing sales, negative earnings, and shrinking returns on capital).
In addition to
deteriorating fundamentals, future profit expectations embedded in the stock price were very high.
While they can still buy in pockets of value, they can also short — or hedge out market risk — using companies they feel have
deteriorating fundamentals.
The headline gain, however, masked
the deteriorating fundamentals underneath: 1) the May 2016 gain was revised downward, from 1.16 million to 1.14 million units (SAAR); 2) building permits — an indicator of future construction activity — trailed housing starts, growing only 1.5 % to 1.15 million units in June; and 3) housing starts fell 2 % year - over-year and building permits fell 13.6 % year - over-year in June, even though mortgage rates were over 50 basis points lower.
Silver Doctor's Elijah Johnson invited me onto his podcast show to discuss the factors that are contributing to
the deteriorating fundamentals in the economy and financial system, which is translating into rising instability in the stock market:
Addressing the press conference, dubbed `' The true state of the economy and a government in a state of denial: The NPP's response to the Senchi Consensus, and connected matters» Minority leader of the NPP, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu said, `' assessment of the Ghanaian economy so far point to an economy with weak and
deteriorating fundamentals.»
The NPP's assessment of the Ghanaian economy so far point to an economy with weak and
deteriorating fundamentals, including:
Stocks selling low are often in trouble due to
deteriorating fundamentals or shrinking market share.
Deteriorating fundamentals, a CEO resignation or increased competition are all possible reasons for the lower stock price, but they also provide good information to suspect that the stock might not increase anytime soon.
Negative or
deteriorating fundamentals.
I don't want to my individual stock to drop because of
deteriorating fundamentals.
If the ATM machine starts to break because of
deteriorating fundamentals, I will sell it since I want the ATM machine to keep spitting out cash.
Hence, the stock market makes a relatively flat top, slowly goes down, and then accelerates on the downside when the dumb money can no longer ignore
the deteriorating fundamentals.
Too many investors «buy the dip» and ignore
the deteriorating fundamentals.
Industries with low P / Es, but have
deteriorating fundamentals are usually bad places to invest.
I don't hold on to stocks with
deteriorating fundamentals or price patterns.
What stocks have
deteriorating fundamentals, or face increasing micro / macro risks?
So far, he says,
the deteriorating fundamentals have not been an impediment to private capital sources, which are still aggressively chasing real estate.
«The negative rating reflects the uncertainty surrounding the impact of
the deteriorating fundamentals of the Class - A multifamily property market on the REIT's operating performance and credit profile in 2002.»
REITs are also on the defensive, selling assets to raise capital, reduce debt and improve returns in the face of
deteriorating fundamentals.
Cap rates could eventually rise from today's lows, but the catalyst, when it comes, will likely be a recession and
deteriorating fundamentals, just as it was in the early 1990s, early 2000s, and 2008 - 09 — not rising interest rates.
On the other hand, hotel and office transaction volume is down drastically, indicating that investors continue to shy away from these two sectors for now, likely because of
deteriorating fundamentals and difficulty in financing.