track record

There are no guarantees, but you can get some assurance by looking for companies with strong track records and easy-to-defend business models.

A Foreign Office spokesperson said the UK's "position and track record defending media freedom is clear".

Existing track records aren’t necessarily reflective of the scale, product diversity and pricing levels managers are operating at today—or aspire to be doing in the near future.

The same message is being told by virtually all valuation measures with statistically significant track records when forecasting the stock market’s future returns.

“If he had a track record of solving huge problems like homelessness, or the social safety net, he’d be a more palatable candidate,” he added.