Zacks.com Announces That the Investment Planning Committee Highlights the Following Stocks: McDonald's and Wendy's.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2004 Canada has more experience in dealing with mad-cow disease than the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , and the Investment Planning Committee planning committee n (in local government) → comité m de planificación says that the scare may actually help the world's leading hamburger chain. Find out why. Read about McDonald's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MCD MCD Minor Civil Division MCD McDonalds (restaurant) Mcd Macedonian (linguistics) MCD Municipal Corporation of Delhi MCD Magnetic Circular Dichroism MCD Mad Cow Disease ) and Wendy's International Wendy's International, Inc. NYSE: WEN is the parent company of Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers. It also owns 70 percent of Cafe Express and 25 percent (fully diluted) of Pasta Pomodoro. The Tim Hortons chain was spun off by Wendy's into a separate company in September 2006. , Inc. (NYSE:WEN wen, benign, slow-growing, painless cyst of the skin resulting from obstruction of the sebaceous gland ducts. It is frequently found on the scalp, ears, face, back, or scrotum. Usually no treatment is required. Large wens may be surgically removed. ). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id=84 Here are the highlights from the Featured Expert column: Mad cows are no match for McDonald's from January 16th The stock market knocked down Key U.S. stock McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) after a case of mad-cow disease turned up on a farm in the state of Washington. Strangely enough, however, this is likely to improve McDonald's profits. There's no doubt that the discovery of mad-cow disease is terrible news for North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. cattle producers. The price of beef has plummeted, particularly as many countries now prohibit imports of North American beef. But at the same time, hamburger chains like McDonald's can profit from much lower beef prices. After all, much lower costs will significantly improve their profit margins. The chief drawback for a multinational company like McDonald's is that bans can also disrupt the supply to some of its foreign restaurants. Overall, the Investment Planning Committee expects McDonald's to benefit. Lower beef prices should lead to much higher profits in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . And these higher profits should more than offset the costs of any supply disruptions. By the way, the Committee is maintaining its buy rating on non-Key U.S. stock Wendy's International, Inc. (NYSE:WEN). Despite the drop in the shares of hamburger chains following the discovery of the case of mad-cow disease in the U.S., Wendy's is still up 39.4% since the Committee recommended it in their August 8, 2003 issue. Read the Investment Planning Committee's complete commentary by clicking: http://at.zacks.com/?id=85 About Zacks Featured Experts To be a successful investor you need professional advice. 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