The Iconoclast Investor

I bank at one of the larger banking institutions in this country and have kept my account there for a number of years. My loyalty has been tested lately, though, on more than one occasion. I won’t go into all the details, except to say that my latest encounter was the doubling of the interest [...]

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My stock recommendation today is American Dairy (ADY), a Chinese producer of milk powder, soybean milk powder, walnut products and other dairy stuff.
China isn’t known as a big consumer of dairy goods.  Many Chinese find cheese distasteful and just don’t enjoy yogurt, buttermilk and the rest of the milk-based foods that delight Westerners.  But that’s [...]

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I received some more great comments from readers over the weekend that I wanted to share with you here. Thanks to everyone for writing in and enjoy!
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The newspaper industry is in trouble for myriad reasons. It is not clear to me that daily newspapers will survive in large or mid-sized markets with a few exceptions. [...]

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Last week I wrote about the tumult in the newspaper industry, specifically the battle that’s been raging between the Boston Globe’s Newspaper Guild union and the New York Times company’s management. Many of you wrote to me with insightful comments, a sampling of which appears below. Add your comments here. Thanks to everyone for writing [...]

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In 2000, Time magazine ran a memorable cover story about golden rice, a rice strain genetically modified to contain beta-carotene, a precursor to vitamin A. Vitamin A deficiency is a scourge in the developing world. The lack of it can lead to blindness in pregnant women, miscarriages and leads to as many as 500,000 children [...]

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