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Forisk has acquired the Wood Demand Research Program (WDRP) from the Harley Langdale, Jr. Center for Forest Business at the University of Georgia. The WDRP includes the Wood Demand Report and the Forest Industry Shapefiles of mill capacities and wood use more…
Recently, the idea of mass timber to build large structures resurfaced in North America thanks to a new material design in the form of an engineered wood product, Cross Laminated Timber (CLT). The use of large timbers and engineered wood more…
This is the third in a series that shares insights from a decade of research related to North America’s wood bioenergy sector. Part I introduced core themes and wood pellets and Part II outlined the value of simple screening and more…
This is the second in a series that shares insights from a decade of research related to North America’s wood bioenergy sector. Part I introduced core themes and wood pellets. Overview of the U.S. Wood Bioenergy Sector North America’s forest more…
In the forest industry, where capital investments and forest management plans span decades, we benefit by understanding wood markets and technologies as they actually function. This helps clarify risks and provide context for emerging wood demand from new applications and more…
On February 28th, NCREIF – the National Council for Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries – sent out a note regarding a restatement of the Q4 2018 Timberland Property Index. Timberland investors, investment managers, and industry researchers and analysts (e.g. Forisk) often more…
This is the seventh in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2019 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. The post includes an excerpt from the bioenergy research, authored by Andrew Copley and Amanda Lang. more…
This is the second in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2019 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Though U.S. housing slowed in the latter half of 2018, housing starts improved year-over-year in all market more…
This post introduces research covered in the Q1 2019 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) and during the February 19th“Applied Forest Finance” course in Atlanta. One reliable way to underperform as an investor is to buy into funds, stocks or assets at more…
We don’t succeed in business or investing by falling in love with our own ideas. We profit through continuously and doggedly comparing our prior decisions to actual results in order to calibrate our “model” of how the world works and more…