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This post includes themes addressed in the Applied Forest Finance course. When applying Net Present Value (NPV) in finance to evaluate investments, it’s appropriate to use a discount rate that reflects the marginal cost of capital of the firm. In business more…
This post includes themes addressed in our Applied Forest Finance course. Behavioral finance teaches us that we are prone to both emotional error and brilliant insight, and sometimes we confuse the two. For this reason, when evaluating investments, we value clear more…
This is the sixth in a series related to the Q1 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Forisk projects global demand for industrial wood pellets to reach 31 million metric more…
This is the fifth in a series related to the Q1 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Below is an excerpt from this quarter’s featured research. Forisk closely reviews more…
This post is the fourth in a series related to the Q1 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ). It includes topics that will also be addressed in the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on March 4th, 2021. When we feel uncertain about more…
This is the third in a series related to the Q1 2021 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 December, driven by increased more…
This post is the second in a series related to the Q1 2021 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Words and their combinations are so interesting. Ice is frozen water. Cream more…
Softwood lumber producers had a wild ride in 2020. From major cutbacks in the spring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to pushing production limits in the fall to capture record high lumber prices, mill operators made many short-term adjustments. more…
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was a critical lifeline for thousands of small businesses across the U.S. PPP loans provided up to two months of payroll support for qualified businesses. In the logging sector, effectively all companies qualified. According to more…
Visitor traffic on the Forisk Blog increased 24% in 2020 over 2019, for an eighth consecutive year of growth. Thank you! Here are top posts from 2020, along with a few popular posts by topic: Forest Finance: What Does a more…