Enjoy Yum! Brands Profits Now and Later
by Sam Collins 01/28/09Yum! Brands (YUM) --This operator of quick-service restaurants, which includes KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's and A&W, held its powerful bull-market trend through almost all of this year's bear market.
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On Oct.14, the Trade of the Day said, "But recently it finally cracked in an irrational round of selling. This stock appears to have turned from a low which marks a long-term double bottom and could provide investors with an opportunity to position this quality performer for a long-term hold."
That comment was followed by a sharp move higher and then a pullback to less than $24 where our internal indicator, the Collins-Bollinger Reversal (CBR), flashed another buy signal and the stock responded with a one-month rally from less than $21 to more than $33.
Now the stochastic has given a buy signal for YUM and so has the CBR. Look for a trading rally to $34 but long-term buyers may want to add YUM to their portfolios now for the outstanding growth that it has exhibited in the past.
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