Shares of Yum Brands Inc., one of the world's largest fast-food franchisers, slipped 2 percent Friday amid concerns that a bird flu epidemic could threaten sales at the company's Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants.
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In an unrelated story, shares of Express Scripts (ESRX) are up more than 5% in the two weeks since you said the stock would touch 40 by October 31, 2006.
Not a bad call, actually...shorting at the closing price on the date of your recommmendation (11/1) would net you a 6 and a half percent yield or so if you held out til today...though I would have to think you would have most likely covered the short after YUM continued its upward trend to the tune of about 4% over the next few days before falling.
Could have shorted Tyson's (another one of your short recs) hours after the YUM news came out, and taken home 11% between Friday afternoon and today.
