Chung-Hong Fu: Managing Director Economic Research and Analysis DOWNLOAD (609Kb PDF) In the midst of the current financial crisis and in a climate of deteriorating returns, only a small handful of investment categories have maintained positive performance. How has timberland fared in the wake of this turmoil? More importantly, how will it perform over the [...]
Chung-Hong Fu: Managing Director Economic Research and Analysis DOWNLOAD (1.1Mb PDF) In 2004, Chung-Hong Fu, TIR’s Director of Economic Research and Analysis, wrote what is still the most comprehensive and complete paper examining whether timberland could be considered as a hedge against inflation. Dr. Fu has updated that original paper to include more current data [...]
The Land Trust for Tennessee and the Conservation Fund have helped protect at least 5,500 more acres in the Savage Gulf and Fiery Gizzard areas of the Cumberland Plateau.
A multimillion-dollar land deal will preserve one of Tennessee's best-known scenic views, the cliff-hugging overlooks of the Cumberland Plateau's Savage Gulf.
Chung-Hong Fu: Managing Director Economic Research and Analysis DOWNLOAD (813Kb PDF) The size of the global timberland investment market has historically been difficult to determine because of the private nature of timberland transactions and the lack of reliable, public data. On a regular basis though, the relative size of the marketplace has been used by [...]
