Fees critically matter for evaluating investment returns. Index fund pioneer and Vanguard founder, John Bogle, said, “You get what you don't pay for...
Brooks Mendell, Ph.D.
Brooks Mendell, Ph.D. is President and Founder of Forisk Consulting, a forest industry, timber REIT, bioenergy and timber market research firm. Dr. Mendell has over fifteen years of operating, research, and consulting experience in forest business and finance. Mendell has published over sixty articles and two books on topics related to timber and timberland REITs and markets, forest business management and operations, and communication skills.
Timberland investors rely on strong wood demand from mills located near their timberland properties to generate cash flows and drive returns.
In the timber industry, we care about housing starts because increased home building leads to growing demand for lumber and other building products...
Evaluating timber markets for timberland investment purposes requires analysis of both space and time. Spatial analysis – using maps and mapping...
This article touches on two areas associated with evaluating local timber that have direct relevance to analyzing timber markets for investment and...
For timberland investors and managers, the past twelve months have produced a series of positive events and encouraging data points.
All arrows continue to point up for timber prices and revenues received by U.S. timberland investors in 2014 and moving forward. Why? Because capital...
In the United States, “industrial” timberlands – those acres owned and managed with a primary objective of generating more wood volume and cash flows...
Each six months, when updating our Forisk Forecast timber models, we review prior projections, and apply lessons learned from both our own work and...
For investing, as in sports, it comes down to measurable performance. And for investing, as in sports, relative performance dictates success.