Top Forisk Blog Posts from 2023: Forest Finance, Lumber Leaders, and Mass Timber

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Visitor traffic on the Forisk Blog in 2023 increased 12.8% over 2022. Thank you for reading and sharing this content with others! Here are top posts from 2023, along with a few popular posts by topic: Pros and Cons of more…

Russo-Ukrainian Conflict: An Update on Russian Pellet Flows and Spot Prices

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Following the start of the conflict, many western countries and their allies imposed strict economic sanctions on Russia and many major European utilities halted biomass purchases from Russia, as discussed in the Q2 2022 FRQ. According to data from FutureMetrics, more…

Data Does Not Speak for Itself: Simple Frameworks and Ranking Timber Markets

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While raw data is important, it can also be insufficient. Each day, the world produces a staggering amount of information, which does not speak for itself. How do we think through the noise to find helpful signals and apply our more…

Turning Wood Flows into Cash Flows: Key Messages from the 2022 Conference

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On August 25th, 2022, Forisk hosted its sixth annual “Wood Flows & Cash Flows” conference, with attendees participating virtually from across 22 states, three Canadian provinces and three continents. The one-day event provided a comprehensive review of research relevant to more…

Useful Timber Market Research Tells a Story: Join Us for “Wood Flows & Cash Flows”

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Often, there is a “better” way to do things. It doesn’t really matter if you put your pants on with the leg left first or the right, but it is easier to put your pants on before your shoes. Early in more…

Thinking About Timberland Investment Exposure to Interest Rates and Default Risk*

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According to The Economist[1], “Private equity benefits from a fig leaf of illiquidity,” which covers up for delays when valuing investment assets and obfuscates their true volatility. The inability to confirm value in real-time or robustly quantify risk sounds, to more…

Forest Industry Outlook: Have a Point of View Based on Data and Scenarios

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The biology and science of growing trees has an uneasy and inconsistent relationship with the economics of pricing timber. Like hair, forests grow. Unfortunately, U.S. wood use declined 34% during the Great Recession. Fortunately, over the past five years alone, more…

Top Forisk Blog Posts from 2020: Forest Finance, Largest Lumber Firms, Long-Term Forecasts and Logging Capacity

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Visitor traffic on the Forisk Blog increased 24% in 2020 over 2019, for an eighth consecutive year of growth. Thank you! Here are top posts from 2020, along with a few popular posts by topic: Forest Finance: What Does a more…