If anyone’s buying stocks these days it should be contrarian advisories like Contra the Heard. Editors Ben Stadelmann and Benj Gallander don’t disappoint. This year they have purchased shares in Richmont Mining (RIC), Integrated Silicon Solution (ISSI), Motorola (MOT) and just recently, Yahoo! (YHOO).

In the second-quarter issue of Contra The Heard investment newsletter (just out), editors Ben Stadelmann and Benj Gallander regale their readers with an amusing account of their recent trip to the Berkshire Hathaway annual general meeting (AGM) in Omaha, Nebraska. A highlight was their dinner at Gorat’s Steak House, Warren ...