Boring and captivating rarely coexist, except for contrarians who can uncover the subtle allure in what the mainstream finds mundane. Yet discovering the next “hot” stock often demands looking at assets the popular crowd undervalues and ignores. That might be the case with Aflac, Inc (AFL). Yes, the company with the duck mascot. Why Aflac? Remember the market plunge earlier in the week? Well, Aflac was one of the few stocks that surged upward while the broader market plunged, Plus, on Thursday, it waddled its way to the top of several bullish scans, as you can see below. The focus is on the New 52-week Highs, Stocks in a New Uptrend, and Parabolic SAR Buy Signals. AFL came up on the first scan (New 52-week Highs), and, if you don’t use the StockCharts scanner, you might want to give it a shot. There, you can find many scans to help…
