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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…
“Risk” remained the watchword over the past three months as managers continued to battle multiple issues: fires, hurricanes, COVID, and record lumber prices. Lumber production surged in Q3 2020, generating more residual volumes into fiber markets while demand from the 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…
This post includes content from the Forisk Market Bulletin, which provides timely market intelligence and tracking of timberland transactions and forest industry capital investments in the U.S. and Canada. While timberland deal flow and mill production are up, risk and 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…
Every year around the holiday season, the forestry world anxiously awaits the arrival of more than just a few days of vacation and myriad off-key renditions of Auld Lang Syne. Each December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the year-end more…
This is the fifth 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 wood bioenergy research. Wood biomass continued more…