Currently, Target does not have stores outside the U.S. and Canada, so European woes should not be a drag on earnings or dilute potential future performance.

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High growth, speculative stocks like these are most often valued on future earnings potential, not current performance, so if the stock is out of favor, that does not de facto mean the product or service has gone out of favor.

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"India has considerable potential, but its future performance relies on resolving contentious structural and policy issues that inhibit investment, " said the bank.

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Scores of employees sued the two companies in the wake of the financial crisis, accusing Citi and McGraw Hill of violating a duty to disclose potential red flags for future performance by the stocks to the employees investing in them.

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Getting real complex tasks done is a better predictor of future performance than just some subjective assessment of their potential.

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