Today’s blog entry was brought to you by Daniel Tesini– LandVest -Timberland Division Project Manager and the Director of LandVest’s Northern Timberland Transaction Group, Gary Bahlkow, who recently facilitated this years largest timberland transaction (over 1,000,000 acres of Timberland) to the now largest individual landowner in the US.

Why Invest In Timberland? Timberland is an increasingly popular investment tool – attracting broad interest from institutional investors and high net worth individuals alike.  There are several reasons that make timberland an appealing investment.  First, timberland prices have risen above inflation by approximately 3% for much of the past 100 years – making timberland investment a solid hedge against inflation and a low-risk method of capital preservation.1  Second, timberland investment offers much greater stability and faster appreciation than the stock market as a whole. Over the past two decades, NCREIF’s Timberland Index has risen an average of 15% a year, versus roughly 10% annualized return for the S&P 500.1 Third, timberland has a very low correlation to other asset class investments, which means timberland offers meaningful diversification.1 In essence, the advantage of timberland investment is that trees continue to grow on the stump and appreciate in value notwithstanding world events with otherwise negative financial consequences.

For more detail on this topic click to read the Money Morning article Timber Investing: The Inflation Hedge That Pays Off in Every Type of Market

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