WOOD News and Press, iShares S&P Global Timber & Forestry Index Fund From 09/12/23

2023-09-12 03:25:00 ET Summary Equity investors must gain a greater understanding of how companies are impacted by and addressing deforestation—and how different approaches might affect long-term return potential. Beyond its ties to climate and biodiversity, deforestation i...

2023-09-09 06:58:00 ET Summary The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) introduces wide-ranging supply chain reporting requirements for commodities and their downstream supply chains. The EUDR covers €40.9 billion of commodity imports to the EU and €85.0 bi...

2023-09-02 12:27:35 ET Summary Commodities, including oil, natural gas, metals, and crops, may offer a good value proposition due to under-investment, the transition to clean energy, extreme weather, global conflicts, and population growth. Investing in commodities during times of...

2023-08-13 06:33:54 ET Summary WOOD includes commodity exposures in lumber, pulp, and cyclical exposures in packaging companies. Packaging companies are suffering due to pressure from faltering Chinese demand. Lumber, timber and pulp prices also have downside from current leve...

2023-07-19 15:57:09 ET Canfor ( OTCPK:CFPZF ) is Wednesday's biggest loser on the S&P/TSX Composite Index, -4.6% after the British Columbia port strike resumed following the union's rejection of a tentative deal reached last week. The dispute had forced Canfor ( OTCPK:...

2023-06-02 12:15:37 ET Summary Lumber prices have experienced extreme volatility in recent years due to low liquidity and macroeconomic factors. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange introduced a new physical lumber futures contract to improve liquidity, but it remains low. The iSha...

2023-05-12 00:25:00 ET Summary New regulation aiming to curb deforestation and land degradation from commodity production could have significant consequences for companies and investors. Agricultural production has put forests, vital to human survival, under severe threat of defor...

2023-04-01 13:48:09 ET The S&P 500 Materials moved +4.93% this week and the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF ( NYSEARCA: XLB ) +5.01% . Overall market sentiment was positive, aided by no fresh news regarding the banking crisis and favorable economic data that strengt...

2023-03-29 01:53:00 ET Summary The complexity of the U.S. housing market continues to yield headwinds and tailwinds for lumber into 2023. Despite extraordinary prices and demand since the onset of the pandemic, Canadian lumber exports have yet to return to pre-recession levels. ...

2023-03-25 15:03:23 ET The S&P 500 Materials sector index was up +2.12% this week and the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLB ) +1.72% , as fears over the banking sector and hopes of the Federal Reserve pausing rate hikes lingered. Mounting market uncertainty, fue...