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In 2020, the U.S. economy has offered a bundle of mixed signals. Crashing growth and demand in Q2 led to a massive fiscal stimulus. Bullish stock indices and housing markets sit on uncertain labor markets. Even after tremendous growth in more…
Our bottom-up understanding of timberland investments and the forest products industry depends on the link between wood flows and cash flows, the theme of our annual investment conference. The (1) steady, localized harvesting and delivery of logs to (2) mills more…
This is the second in a series related to the Q4 2020 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. The U.S. housing market continued to trend higher in September while shifting more…
This post is the first in a series related to the Q4 2020 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. The analysis comparing timberlands and bonds will also be included in the more…
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…
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…
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 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…