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Economist Irving Fisher[1], in thinking about the worth of an asset, wrote: “Capital value is income capitalized, and nothing else.” Capitalization refers to the conversion of expected future income into an estimate of present value. This means any valuation effort more…
“Risk” remained the watchword over the past three months as managers continued to battle multiple issues: fires, hurricanes, COVID, and record lumber prices. Lumber production surged in Q3 2020, generating more residual volumes into fiber markets while demand from the more…
This post consolidates links to previous Forisk research on risk in the forest industry, a major theme highlighted by timber investors and wood buyers in the recently launched Forisk Market Bulletin. When investing in timber assets, we either invest in more…
This post includes content from the Forisk Market Bulletin, which provides timely market intelligence and tracking of timberland transactions and forest industry capital investments in the U.S. and Canada. While timberland deal flow and mill production are up, risk and more…
At the heart of research and analysis is curiosity. We study issues, challenges, systems, risks and opportunities to understand how they work. And from this understanding, we position ourselves to make better decisions and take action. This approach covers all more…
Each week, our team communicates with dozens of forest industry professionals and investors. At times, these discussions reveal patterns or highlight concerns common across sectors and regions. This post shares and answers versions of three of the most consistently asked more…
This is the fifth in a series related to the Q3 2020 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. The post includes excerpts from our wood bioenergy research. Wood biomass continued more…
This post is the second in a series related to the Q3 2020 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. The post includes excerpts from our featured research on applying long-term timber more…
This is the first in a series related to the Q3 2020 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Through the first half of 2020, U.S. housing starts increased 0.7% year-over-year; single-family more…
This post includes notes on from an upcoming Forisk presentation “US Forest Industry Investment” at the virtual “American Forestry Conference” on July 29th at 10 am. In addition, Dr. Shawn Baker will present “Analysis of Logging in Troubled Economic Times” more…