When it comes to diversifying the investment portfolio there are quite a few common options. However, most mainstream investors are not familiar with...
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When we feel uncertain about a situation – where things are oscillating and bouncing and hard to control – we may look for and identify patterns in...
Behavioral finance teaches us that we are prone to both emotional error and brilliant insight, and sometimes we confuse the two. For this reason...
Carbon is a nonmetallic chemical (atomic number 6) found in its impure form in soot and coal. Forest carbon refers to the carbon dioxide absorbed...
In the forest industry, managers and investors continue to balance short term production needs with long-term capital investment decisions. In late...
Each week, as part of our research for the Forisk Market Bulletin and Wood Fiber Review, our team communicates with dozens of forest industry...
In May 2020, Karen Langley reported on how shareholders in public firms, due to uncertainty about an economic recovery during the current coronavirus...
Generally, discount rates represent the sum of a benchmark “risk-free” rate and a risk “premium.” That means, in forest finance, timberland values...
In the current coronavirus pandemic and recessionary environment, do traditional reasons for holding timberland investments still apply? In a recent...
In a February 2020 post related to timberlands and the coronavirus, I noted, in reference to U.S. Treasuries, that “a low risk-free rate expresses...