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Visitor traffic on the Forisk Blog in 2023 increased 12.8% over 2022. Thank you for reading and sharing this content with others! Here are top posts from 2023, along with a few popular posts by topic: Pros and Cons of more…
This post includes topics addressed in the Q1 2024 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) and the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on March 14th, 2024. In the Q2 and Q3 2022 editions of the Forisk Research Quarterly, I wrote about forecasting more…
This post is the fourth in a series related to the Q4 2023 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) which includes forest industry analysis, timber price projections, and featured research on forest industry ability to pay for wood raw material. The housing sector more…
This post is the second in a series related to the Q4 2023 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) own and manage income producing real estate more…
Last week Forisk hosted a Timber Market Analysis class attended (remotely) by over 70 students. We enjoyed engaging with such a lively group of market analysts over the course of two days. The main topics on our second day related more…
Recently, Dr. Brooks Mendell (President and CEO of Forisk Consulting) participated in an interview with Dr. Aaron Shew, Director of Data Science at Acres, to discuss the timberland industry. Watch the full interview and catch a few key takeaways below. more…
Timber Market Analysis offers an organized, systematic way of (1) specifying a question related to forest industry investments or operations; (2) gathering and evaluating fundamental wood supply and demand information; and (3) using this to answer the question as best more…
This blog includes data from the Forisk Wood Fiber Review, a quarterly publication tracking North America’s major wood fiber markets. For more information, please visit www.forisk.com. Usually, at least one market in the forest industry is hot: lumber, paper, packaging, veneer, specialty more…
Investing in wood-using mills and timberlands requires having a strategy about how to “feed” the mill or how to “market” the trees. These efforts raise questions about the relative value of vertical integration, where one firm owns mills and forests, more…
This post is the fourth in a series related to the Q3 2023 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. As they grow, trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This capturing more…