Read more alpaca stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4299/alpaca.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 06:12:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39042/as-stocks-sink-new-cash-cows-emerge.htmlClay Dillow<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=141397&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401002759' border='0' />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 control...With the economy uncertain, investors are looking for alternative investments like alpacas to carry their wealth.http://www.newser.com/story/39042/as-stocks-sink-new-cash-cows-emerge.htmlFri, 03 Oct 2008 12:26:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/1095/tax-code-spurs-llamapalooza.htmlColleen Barry<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=2146&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401035547' border='0' />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 off food,...Female alpacas gather together on a farm in Burlington, Washington.http://www.newser.com/story/1095/tax-code-spurs-llamapalooza.htmlThu, 05 Apr 2007 09:29:45 CDT