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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: alpaca

alpaca stories: 2 news summaries

As Stocks Sink, New Cash
Cows Emerge

Alpacas, coins, comic books; a stampede to alternative investments

Oct 3, 08 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - With stocks tanking, 401(k)s plummeting, and the market’s usual safe haven—real estate—at the heart of the current crisis, investors are seeking refuge in unusual investments—everything from parking spaces to comic books to alpacas, the Wall Street Journal reports. A growing number of retirees are taking individual... More »

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retirement • alpaca • IRA • investment • comics • 401k • gold coins

Tax Code Spurs Llamapalooza

The upper crust is using alpaca farming as a huge tax write-off

Apr 5, 07 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some very ulikely agrarians—doctors, lawyers, computer programmers—have spurred a huge boom in alpaca farming in the last few years, not for the profits, of which there are rarely any, but for the huge tax write-offs. "What can't I write off?" Manhattanite Rob Bruce says. "I write... More »

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taxes • farming • business • money • finance • alpaca • write off • income

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