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Timberland investors often use timber REIT dividend yields and U.S. Treasuries as inputs, proxies or reference points for discount rates applied to valuation models. In the case of Treasuries, 2016 opened with the 10-Year and 30-Year at 2.24% and 2.98%. more…
Timber REIT shares suffered with the S&P 500 during two weeks of bubble-bursting activity to open 2016. Through January 15th, the S&P dropped 8% while the public timber REITs scored as follows: CatchMark (CTT): -1.5% Plum Creek (PCL): -13.5% Potlatch more…
December 2015 included multiple global confabs and ripples in the space-time continuum. In Los Angeles, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” opened. The movie had a record opening weekend, bringing in $248 million in North America alone. In Paris, a United more…
The timber REIT sector tumbled in 2015. The Forisk Timber REIT (FTR) Index fell -9.3% for the year, while the S&P 500 essentially flatlined at -0.7% over the same period. Of the five public timber REIT equities – CatchMark Timber more…