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This post includes ideas and content covered in the virtual Timber Market Analysis class, September 30th, and October 1st, 2026. Early registration ends September 16th; registration closes September 29th. In statistics, the law of large numbers teaches us that, as the size more…
This post includes ideas and an excerpt of analysis from the Q2 2026 Forisk Research Quarterly. Introduction When it comes to making choices and decisions, I think we overvalue “best,” we underappreciate “good” and “effective” and “better,” and we fail more…
This post includes themes from Forisk’s FRQ research and the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on March 31st, 2026. Early registration ends March 17th* Introduction On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel initiated joint strikes on Iranian and more…
This post includes content from the Q3 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly and ideas covered in the virtual Timber Market Analysis class, offered on October 1st and 2nd, 2025. Introduction Sports offer fans familiar mathematical benchmarks and ratios. In professional baseball, more…
This post includes data and market intelligence from the Forisk Wood Fiber Review and the “Market Update” in the Q2 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly. Forisk tracks domestic and export log prices in the Pacific Northwest as part of the Forisk more…
Each quarter in our Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), we review our forecast performance over the past five years against actual outcomes. This forecast scorecard allows both our clients and us to understand our historical performance, which helps inform our future more…
For timberland investors, integrated firms that own timberland and mills, and wood-using manufacturers, the exercise for realizing value is specific to the trees grown, sold, and procured from each local timber market or wood basket. This forest industry reality becomes more…
At Forisk, we believe markets are uniquely local. We work hard to track mill capital investments because of their impact on local wood baskets. Similarly, we forecast timber supply at local levels to understand the supply and demand balance (or more…
This post includes themes from the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on April 3rd, 2025. Early registration ends March 20th! Over the past 30 years, the ownership and management of private industrial forestland has changed. Fewer forest owning firms are more…
When localizing forest supplies, mill capacities, forest operations, and pricing, each timber market produces a unique profile. This uniqueness highlights how timberland valuations, wood procurement strategies, and forest management plans get customized to optimize the market and company assets. Recently, more…