“How do timberland investment managers make money?” The question itself, asked by an analyst working for an institutional investor, was...
Brooks Mendell, Ph.D.
Brooks Mendell, Ph.D. is President and Founder of Forisk Consulting, a forest industry, timber REIT, bioenergy and timber market research firm. Dr. Mendell has over fifteen years of operating, research, and consulting experience in forest business and finance. Mendell has published over sixty articles and two books on topics related to timber and timberland REITs and markets, forest business management and operations, and communication skills.
According to Forisk tracking of timberland ownership, 58 firms currently own or manage in excess of 100,000 acres of timberlands in the United States.
Major League Baseball turned to the US Forest Service to evaluate the “epidemic” of wood baseball bats breaking during baseball games.
It’s December 31, 2010 and you’re sitting on a pile of cash. Do you invest in the S&P 500, an all-REIT index, private timberlands or publicly-traded...
The ability to harness forest resources for bioenergy, in its simplest form, is just a match, some kindling, and a few logs away.
How might wood bioefuel projects affect wood demand and timber markets for timberland investors in the United States?
May 2011 Forisk Update: Wood Demand, Timber REITs & Bioenergy
Increasing demand for wood raw materials indicates higher pine stumpage prices for forest owners and investors. Forisk Consulting forecasts sawtimber...
Forisk Equity Research completed a comparative analysis of timber REIT forest harvesting activities to address the question, “who wins as housing...
January 2011 Forisk Update: Wood Demand, Timber REITs & Bioenergy