WOOD News and Press, iShares S&P Global Timber & Forestry Index Fund From 02/19/22

The S&P Materials sector closed this week marginally up at +0.19%, with the Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSEARCA:XLB) taking a slight dip at -0.24%. Gold prices (XAUUSD:CUR) were the highlight this week, crossing the $1,900 per oz mark and closing positive in all but three ses...

The S&P Materials sector closed this week marginally up at +0.19%, with the Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSEARCA:XLB) taking a slip dip at -0.24%. Gold prices (XAUUSD:CUR) were the highlight this week, crossing the $1,900 per oz mark and closing positive in all but three sessions so far...

Lumber futures rose to their highest in a month as two top Canadian producers curtailed output and transportation snags disrupt shipments to customers, Bloomberg reports. March lumber futures (LB1:COM) rose by the exchange limit of US$45 on Wednesday to $1,336 per $1,000 board ft. in Chicago ...

The S&P Materials sector closed this trading week in green at +1.95%, one of the top gainers for the five-day period. The Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSEARCA:XLB) was also up +1.01%. Copper futures (HG1:COM) closed at the same levels as it did at the start of the week, but su...

We have seen crypto disruption expand across the financial system and expect this to continue. Inflation pressures may linger through 2022 and pose a risk of spiraling into a more persistent economic factor. Historically in these market environments, real assets—including n...

The S&P Materials Select Sector Index closed this trading week with a marginal +0.41% gain, while the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEARCA:XLB) was down -0.70%. London copper prices fell to their lowest in almost a month on Dec. 15, hitting $9,325 a ton, as cautious i...

Across the land, there are few better inflation hedges than land itself. Timber REITs own nearly 30 million acres of land, more acreage than the smallest U.S. five states combined. Truly an "organic growth" sector, Timber REITs - which were initially slammed at the outside of the pand...

Despite wholesale cash prices coming down several months ago on several construction related commodities, such as lumber, consumer-level retail prices have not necessarily seen the same drops. Lumber futures returned to relatively normal levels during the fall, settling around an aver...

The S&P Materials Select Sector Index closed this trading week at -1.83%, one of the top losers in the index. The Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEARCA:XLB) was also down -2.00%. In a recent analysis on all S&P sectors for 2022, Jefferies' global strategy team were Mode...

Lumber futures leap to their highest in more than three weeks as severe flooding in British Columbia - which produces 14% of North America's lumber - blocks roads and rail tracks, preventing home builders from starting to accumulate the materials they will need in the peak spring season. Janu...