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Foresters often hear non-foresters confuse terms, such as referring to lumber as timber or logs (which is like calling a pork chop a pig). A confusion with terms leads to misunderstanding issues and ultimately complicates analysis or discussion intended to more…
Forest carbon can affect timberland values to the extent that robust markets for carbon support reliable cash flows to investors. With wood, the economic value of trees derives from the ability of manufacturers to turn logs into value added products more…
This post is the fourth in a series related to the Q2 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis, timber price forecasts and featured research on forest carbon. Markets facilitate trade between buyers and sellers; they assign value more…
This post is the first in a series related to the Q2 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Featured research in the next issue will focus on forest carbon. Investor more…
This post includes themes addressed in our Applied Forest Finance course. Behavioral finance teaches us that we are prone to both emotional error and brilliant insight, and sometimes we confuse the two. For this reason, when evaluating investments, we value clear more…
This post is the second in a series related to the Q1 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Words and their combinations are so interesting. Ice is frozen water. Cream more…