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This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2020 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. In 2019, housing starts improved year-over-year in all market segments: total housing starts advanced 3.2%; single-family starts more…
This post introduces research covered in the Q1 2020 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) and during the upcoming March 19th “Applied Forest Finance” course in Atlanta. Any story about returns getting back to normal or reverting to the mean presumes that more…
Visitor traffic on the Forisk Blog increased 4% in 2019 over 2018, for a seventh consecutive year of growth. Thank you! Here are top posts from 2019, along with a few popular posts by topic: Forest Finance: What Does a more…
When I was a kid, my Mom taught me that she would be the most important woman in my life, until I married, at which point my wife would become the most important woman in my life. This guidance, beyond more…
This is the fourth in a series related to the Q4 2019 Forisk Research Quarterly’s (FRQ) forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Publicly-traded timber investments struggled in 2018. Only direct timber investments generated positive returns in more…
This is the second in a series related to the Q4 2019 Forisk Research Quarterly’s (FRQ) forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Technology is the application of science or knowledge for practical purposes. Examples of technology more…
This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2019 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Through September 2019, U.S. housing starts decreased 1.3% year-over-year; single-family starts declined 1.8%, while multifamily starts were more…
This is not your Grandma’s pulp mill. Within the forest products industry, the ability to use and leverage technology can distinguish firms within a sector, while clearly separating the ability to generate wealth across sectors. For example, the pulp paper more…
“The future is not something to be predicted, but to be made.” – Professor Nick Montfort in The Future (The MIT Press, 2017) Discussions of inverted yield curves and equity dividend yields purport to clarify the tea leaves of investor intents more…
Where on the map should investors put capital to work in the U.S. forest industry? New research shows how the answer differs for timberland investors, sawtimber consumers, and users of pulpwood. Forisk’s 2019 North American Forest Market & Industry Rankings scores local more…