Lumber futures have been soaring of late as wildfires in British Columbia have forced three big lumber producers to suspend operations.
About a third of total lumber supply in the US is imported from Canada and the province of British Colombia produces about half of Canada’s lumber.
Lumber prices have also been rising this year this year due to ongoing trade dispute between the US and Canada over import duties on softwood lumber. The US government alleges that Canada improperly subsidizes lumber, giving Canadian producers an unfair advantage. The US government has started slapping tariffs as high as 30% on some lumber imports from Canada.
A stronger Canadian dollar also has impacted lumber shipments. The loonie has gained almost 10% against the U.S. dollar over the past six weeks.
Earlier this month, NAHB reported that builder confidence fell to its lowest level since late last year thanks to concerns about rising material prices, particularly lumber.
Timber companies benefit from rising lumber prices. Investing in timber makes sense from long-term perspective as well since timber has low correlation with other major asset classes. Timber also acts as an inflation hedge.
Another reason to be positive on timber ETFs is that Vanguard is planning to change the index for its ultra-popular REIT ETF—the Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ - Free Report) --to a different index that includes timber REITs. Timber REITs are some of the top holdings in timber ETFs.
To learn more about Guggenheim Timber ETF (CUT - Free Report) and iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (WOOD - Free Report) , please watch the short video above.
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Lumber futures have been soaring of late as wildfires in British Columbia have forced three big lumber producers to suspend operations.
About a third of total lumber supply in the US is imported from Canada and the province of British Colombia produces about half of Canada’s lumber.
Lumber prices have also been rising this year this year due to ongoing trade dispute between the US and Canada over import duties on softwood lumber. The US government alleges that Canada improperly subsidizes lumber, giving Canadian producers an unfair advantage. The US government has started slapping tariffs as high as 30% on some lumber imports from Canada.
A stronger Canadian dollar also has impacted lumber shipments. The loonie has gained almost 10% against the U.S. dollar over the past six weeks.
Earlier this month, NAHB reported that builder confidence fell to its lowest level since late last year thanks to concerns about rising material prices, particularly lumber.
Timber companies benefit from rising lumber prices. Investing in timber makes sense from long-term perspective as well since timber has low correlation with other major asset classes. Timber also acts as an inflation hedge.
Another reason to be positive on timber ETFs is that Vanguard is planning to change the index for its ultra-popular REIT ETF—the Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ - Free Report) --to a different index that includes timber REITs. Timber REITs are some of the top holdings in timber ETFs.
To learn more about Guggenheim Timber ETF (CUT - Free Report) and iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (WOOD - Free Report) , please watch the short video above.
Zacks Names "Single Best Pick to Double"
From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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