Dave explains the official logic in the proclamation: national security. The administration argues tariffs will “strengthen ...

Lumber prices are influenced by interest rates, which impact mortgage rates and new home construction. Weyerhaeuser Company is a real estate investment trust that benefits from stable to rising lumber ...

A red-hot housing market is sparking a record-breaking rally in lumber-tracking exchange-traded funds. The $393 million iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (ticker WOOD) has nearly doubled in the ...

In a July 19 Barchart article, I highlighted that the price of physical lumber for September delivery at $562 per 1,000 board feet was trending higher. In that piece, I discussed how lumber reflects ...

In July 2020, lumber prices began to soar as the COVID-19 pandemic supply chain chaos kicked in. Surprisingly, lumber began rising before many other commodities such as wheat, corn, WTI crude oil, ...

Chris Routhe, vice president of operations at Millard Lumber, has watched the price of their product skyrocket during the pandemic."We had a high price of lumber, it reached its peak, end of May-ish," ...

I have traded commodities since the early 1980s but have never bought or sold one lumber contract. The illiquidity makes lumber a roach motel, allowing market participants to enter risk positions with ...