Wood Demand Revisited: Bioenergy, Building Products, and Carbon Markets

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Forisk’s Annual “Wood Flows & Cash Flows” Conference will happen virtually on Thursday, August 25th. In addition to covering financial issues related to timberland investments, stress on the forest industry supply chain, and projected forest industry capacity by sector across North America, the event more…

Timberland 2020: Forisk Publishes Analysis of Coronavirus and Recessions on Timber Investments

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In the current coronavirus pandemic and recessionary environment, do traditional reasons for holding timberland investments still apply? In Timberland 2020: From High Hopes to Viral Mopes and Back Again, Forisk compares the long and short-term performance of private timberlands to more…

Who is More Important, Your (Forest) Economist or Your (Forest) Operations Manager?

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“The future is not something to be predicted, but to be made.”  – Professor Nick Montfort in The Future (The MIT Press, 2017) Discussions of inverted yield curves and equity dividend yields purport to clarify the tea leaves of investor intents more…

Forisk Publishes New Research and Market Rankings That Show How Forest Industry Opportunities Vary by Investor Type

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Where on the map should investors put capital to work in the U.S. forest industry? New research shows how the answer differs for timberland investors, sawtimber consumers, and users of pulpwood. Forisk’s 2019 North American Forest Market & Industry Rankings scores local more…