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This is the first in a series related to the analysis of timber markets and wood baskets. Across disciplines, we apply multiple tests to support a thorough analysis and final decisions. Reliance on a single measure can mislead and, ultimately, more…
This excerpt comes from the 2014 Forisk Forecast feature article, which includes research on foreign exchange rates and capital investments in wood-using capacity. Capital investment activity in U.S. forest industry capacity continues to increase. Announcements from 2013 alone include investments more…
This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s research of U.S. timberland ownership. The list below ranks the 2014 top 20 U.S. timberland owners and managers by acres, and compares this to their 2013 rankings. By rank, the more…
This is the second in a series related to Forisk’s research of U.S. timberland ownership. “Industrial” timberlands – those acres owned and managed with a primary objective of generating more wood volumes in less time than publicly or other privately more…
This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s research of U.S. timberland ownership. Since 2010, Forisk has tracked U.S. timberland ownership to support its forestry investment research and study of timberland investment vehicles. In 2012, we published for more…
This is the fourth in a series related to Forisk’s 2014 forecast of softwood stumpage prices in the United States. This excerpt comes from the feature article, which includes Forisk research on foreign exchange rates and capital investments in wood-using more…
This is the third in a series related to the 2014 Forisk Forecast. Question What is the status of the Panama Canal expansion and its implications for the U.S. forest industry? Short Answer The expansion of the Panama Canal has more…
This is the second in a series related to Forisk’s 2014 forecast of softwood stumpage prices and hardwood log prices in the United States. How did Forisk’s Forecast perform in 2013? For pine stumpage prices in the U.S. South, the more…
This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s 2014 forecast of softwood stumpage prices and hardwood log prices in the United States. When Ben Bernanke stepped down in January 2014 after two terms as Chairman of the Federal more…
CatchMark Timber Trust (CTT), formerly the private Wells Timber REIT, became a publicly-traded timberland-owning REIT on the New York Stock Exchange effective December 12, 2013. CatchMark’s IPO represents a pure, and path-breaking, “private-to-public” timber play. Investors and timberland investment managers, more…