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After spending several months at no better than a four-star rank, enough top-performing CAPS members have turned bullish on Plum Creek Timber
As one of the nation's largest private landowners and timber processors, Plum Creek Timber is part of the supply chain hit hard by the housing slowdown, following alongside housing retailers like Home Depot
Bullish investors also cite the healthy dividend Plum Creek pays, thanks to its REIT structure, a conversion that Weyerhaeuser
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