In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon. He found that trees do not grow on there; as a souvenir, he brought home a rock...
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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%...
The November 2015 announced merger of Plum Creek (PCL) and Weyerhaeuser (WY), the two largest public timberland-owning real estate investment trusts...
In the United States, “industrial” timberlands – those acres owned and managed with a primary objective of generating more wood volume and cash flows...
The recovery of the U.S. timber market is in full swing thanks to the recent spike in single-family housing construction and remodeling across the...
How can timber REITs leverage their available capital, given the fact that they must distribute, and cannot retain, earnings?
With uncertainty in Europe, tight credit markets and falling projections for demand for commercial office space and residential construction...
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...
Weyerhaeuser’s (WY) December 2009 announcement regarding its board’s approval for conversion to a real estate investment trust (REIT) drew attention...
On December 13th, Weyerhaeuser (WY) announced an annual dividend payment of $0.60 per share in 2011.