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 ...
Lumber prices are influenced by interest rates and the liquidity of lumber futures. The iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF offers more liquidity than lumber futures and tends to follow lumber prices ...