In years past Turkey's spotty democracy was often cited to prove a negative: the Turkish case (along with Indonesia's and Malaysia's, also with reservations) showed that Islam did not pose an insuperable barrier to multiparty democracy.

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What I am suggesting is that sometimes, the when a negative event happens, investors overreact, throwing the baby out with the bathwater, and the collective negative cognitive bias often pushes a stock down by more than what the bad news and all its implications should result in.

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Despite their importance, financial measures should be complemented with non-financial metrics (which often indicate positive and negative trends earlier than the bottom line) to present a more complete picture of the organization.

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