In May 2020, Karen Langley reported on how shareholders in public firms, due to uncertainty about an economic recovery during the current coronavirus...
Buying Land
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Generally, discount rates represent the sum of a benchmark “risk-free” rate and a risk “premium.” That means, in forest finance, timberland values...
One of the main reasons people buy forestland for sale is to be able to enjoy the outdoors with their friends and family, to have a place to...
Forisk has tracked and aggregated timberland transaction and ownership data for fifteen years. The ownership data goes back 50 years and the...
In the current coronavirus pandemic and recessionary environment, do traditional reasons for holding timberland investments still apply? In a recent...
For those of us who prefer work over worry, how should we think productively about forest industry disruptions associated with the coronavirus? How...
Any American who has visited a grocery store in the past month has witnessed empty produce and meat shelves — not to mention toilet paper! For...
Let me preface this article by saying that I am not a big advocate of sealed bids. I think they often limit the best price for sellers because they...
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...
Timberland investment vehicles – whether public firms or private funds – vary in performance, liquidity and accessibility. How did these timber firms...