In forestry, I always found rules of thumb helpful in providing context. For example, a log truck in the U.S. South carries just over 25 tons (~28)...
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Fevered lumber prices appear to have broken due to a combination of producers (sawmills) catching up and demand moderating in the repair and...
Forest carbon can affect timberland values to the extent that robust markets for carbon support reliable cash flows to investors. With wood, the...
Investor Benjamin Graham, an early teacher to Warren Buffett, introduced the concept of Mr. Market in his 1949 book The Intelligent Investor. Mr...
When it comes to diversifying the investment portfolio there are quite a few common options. However, most mainstream investors are not familiar with...
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...