WOOD News and Press, iShares S&P Global Timber & Forestry Index Fund From 05/21/22

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 prices extended recent gains on Friday on optimism about a revival of demand in top me...

The paper company Sylvamo has generated fantastic capital gains since separating from International Paper in October 2021. The valuation on the basis of earnings is still solidly in value territory, shareholders will begin receiving dividends in July, and a share repurchase program wa...

WOOD invests in timber and forestry companies. The portfolio is concentrated, and cyclically the fund is not well positioned. The fund has also been trading in a range for some time, all through 2021 and 2022 so far. However, a simple valuation would suggest implied returns are hi...

The S&P Materials sector closed this trading week with a slight dip of 0.68%. The Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSEARCA:XLB) was also down 0.66%. Aluminum prices hit a four-month low on Friday as demand concerns created by slowdowns in manufacturing activity in China and elsewhere were r...

The S&P Materials index closed this trading week in green at +1.18%, and the Materials Select Sector SPDR (XLB) was marginally up +0.35%. Gold futures finished higher Friday but posted its worst monthly performance in seven months, after the ICE U.S. Dollar Index touched its hig...

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The S&P 500 Materials sector closed this trading week in red, down 3.83%. The Materials Select Sector SPDR (XLB) also registered a 3.66% dip. Most industrial metals stumbled on Friday amid concerns that Chinese COVID lockdowns and rapid monetary tightening will suppress met...

Lumber futures (LB1:COM) fell as much as 8.4% to $870 per 1,000 board feet in Chicago on Monday, hovering near four-month lows and extending a slump to 30% since early March. ETFs: (NYSEARCA:XHB), (WOOD), (CUT), (NAIL) Potentially relevant tickers include (WY), (WFG), (LPX), (PCH), (RFP), (OT...

The S&P Materials sector and the Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSEARCA:XLB) concluded the trading week with a slight dip of -0.7%. Copper and aluminum prices rebounded on Friday following two days of declines, helped by tight supply, firmer oil prices and hopes of more Chinese stimu...

The S&P Materials sector was down -0.3% this week and and the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB) dropped -0.2%. Gold miners made gains this week; Comex gold's 5.9% rise in Q1 marked the metal's best quarterly showing since Q2 2020, with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, inf...