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Visitor traffic on the Forisk Blog increased 12% in 2016 over 2015. Thank you! Here are the top five posts from 2016: Forest Finance: What Does a Negative or Zero NPV Say About My Potential Timberland Investment? This brief post more…
During a recent “Investing in Timberland and Timber REITs” workshop, a student asked about the “problem” of liquidity for timberland investors. We have posted on this theme before, and the issue clearly differs for those buying shares in publicly traded more…
Note: this post includes a link to Forisk’s Standard Conversion Values and Product Specifications. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? According to estimates from New York Fish & Wildlife Technician Richard Thomas (and more…
In September 2012, Forisk published analysis of timber markets across the U.S. South that estimated how excess sawtimber inventories could dampen or delay the “strengthening” of pine sawtimber and chip-n-saw prices in local timber markets. Specifically, we wrote: “…the effect more…
This post includes an excerpt from the bioenergy research authored by Amanda Lang and Andrew Copley published in the Q4 2016 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) Publication. Forisk analysis suggests wood use for viable bioenergy projects in the U.S. will be more…
Economists surveying the landscape following the 2016 US Presidential Election expect trade wars, economic growth and higher inflation. For me, this raises two questions. One, do the expectations of these analysts matter? That’s the performance question, and the track record more…
Once the election results were in, the emails started pinging at 3 a.m. with questions that can be summarized as, “How will a Trump presidency affect timber prices and the US forest products industry?” While the commentary in these messages more…
This is the fourth in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2016 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Forisk projects housing starts of 1.17 million for 2016, which represents a 5.3% increase over 2015 actuals. However, more…
This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2016 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. What is a tree worth? For timberland investors, the value of a tree is determined by the returns more…
By Brooks Mendell and Amanda Lang This is the second in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2016 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. In October 2015, the Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) between more…