The timber REIT sector tumbled in 2015. The Forisk Timber REIT (FTR) Index fell 9.3% for the year, while the S&P 500 essentially flatlined at -0.7%...
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Fees critically matter for evaluating investment returns. Index fund pioneer and Vanguard founder, John Bogle, said, “You get what you don't pay for...
For investing, as in sports, it comes down to measurable performance. And for investing, as in sports, relative performance dictates success.
Investments in wood bioenergy projects and timberland-owning firms follow different paths. Overall, the wood bioenergy sector continues to sift the...
Investments in publicly-traded timberland-owning REITs – Potlatch (PCH), Plum Creek (PCL), Rayonier (RYN) and Weyerhaeuser (WY) – have tremendous...
As of April 5th, 2012, publicly-traded timberland-owning REITs posted YTD returns of nearly 10%, according to the Forisk Timber REIT (FTR) Index.
Early in my investing career, I bought shares of Crown Pacific Partners, a timberland-owning firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported on the rush of investors buying into publicly-traded real estate investment trusts.