Depending on whether state laws recognize timber rights as real property along with the duration of the rights directly impacts their eligibility for...
Tag - Timberland Investing
We all make errors when analyzing forestry investments. How can we avoid them?
Time has come to once again formulate a New Year’s resolution. Maybe you want to get back in shape. Maybe you want to start at quarterback in the NFL...
The Forest History Society just published “Wood for Bioenergy: Forests as a Resource for Biomass and Biofuels” by Forisk researchers Brooks Mendell...
Investments in wood bioenergy projects and timberland-owning firms follow different paths. Overall, the wood bioenergy sector continues to sift the...
When analyzing timber markets or wood baskets, paranoia regarding stumpage price data may serve you well.
Investments in publicly-traded timberland-owning REITs – Potlatch (PCH), Plum Creek (PCL), Rayonier (RYN) and Weyerhaeuser (WY) – have tremendous...
Timberland investors and REITs rely on continued demand for wood raw materials from forest product manufacturers to justify their investments in...
How many researchers does it take to change a light bulb? Actually, it just takes one, but you’ll have seven others standing around debating about...
Potential Impacts on Timberland Investors from FDIC Proposals on Risk Retention and Mortgage Markets
Recent comments by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Sheila Blair regarding regarding minimum down-payments of up to 20% for...