Chung-Hong Fu: Managing Director Economic Research and Analysis DOWNLOAD (1.63Mb PDF) During its early history, timberland investing was dominated by US institutions investing primarily in U.S. timberland. As the asset class matured, Americans began to expand their scope of investment opportunities to include regions outside the US. Today, the investor base has broadened further with [...]
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.
