Nearby physical lumber futures settled 2025 at $576 per 1,000 board feet, posting a 4.63% gain for the year that ended on December 31, 2025. I asked whether lumber futures would wait until spring to ...
Many home builders, contractors and retailers wagered that higher U.S. tariffs on imports would boost the cost of lumber, while lower interest rates would lift demand for the building material. But ...
In a January 14, 2025, Seeking Alpha article on lumber and the WOOD ETF, I concluded: WOOD’s twenty-year monthly chart shows that technical support is at the September 2022 $63.78 low, with resistance ...
The CME’s continuous physical lumber futures contract fell 22.99% in Q2 and was down 21.24% over the first six months of 2024, closing Q2 at $450.50 per 1,000 board feet. In a July 4, 2024, Barchart ...
It has been over six months since I wrote on lumber and the iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (WOOD) product on Seeking Alpha. I concluded the June 6, 2024, article with the following: The ...
Lumber prices are down 24% from their mid-March peak amid subdued home-building activity. US housing starts and new building permits are on the decline this year, each falling 4% and 6% in May. The ...
In a June 15, 2023, Barchart article, Lumber Could Have Found a Bottom—What’s Next? I wrote, “ I expect the decline in inflation and Fed’s pause as constructive events for the new home market. However ...
The twin-peaked lumber bubble of 2021 and 2022 that once drove home building costs through the roof and exacerbated inflation is now nothing more than a memory. Spot lumber prices have plummeted 75% ...
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