The Crippling Effect of Survey Data Survey results lack credibility The real price industry pays...

The Crippling Effect of Survey Data

Survey results lack credibility

The real price industry pays

Susceptible to manipulation

Strains trading relationships

Survey-Based Market Information: Negatively Affects Performance

Survey results lack credibility

The real price industry pays

Do not reflect your experience

Cannot support decisions on any level

Survey-Based Market Information: Negatively Affects Performance

Survey results lack credibility

The real price industry pays

Amplify the effects of marginal trades

Creates artificial price volatility

Survey-Based Market Information: Negatively Affects Performance

Survey results lack credibility

The real price industry pays

Not codified; no standards

Creates artificial price volatilityWreaks havoc with financials

Survey-Based Market Information: Negatively Affects Performance

Survey results lack credibility

The real price industry pays

Variable & unknowable margin of error

Forget about forecasting

Survey-Based Market Information: Negatively Affects Performance

Survey results lack credibility

The real price industry pays

Reflect market’s sentiment and forecast

Erodes decision-maker’s confidence

Survey-Based Market Information: Negatively Affects Performance

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• Supports operational decision making • Provides insight into future stumpage prices and periods in

which buyers or sellers hold relative market advantage• Subscribers are better able to:

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Stumpage Price Forecast Features

Economic Outlook

• Reviews the current economy

• Assesses macroeconomic factors that influence the forest products industry

• Forecasts major economic indicators 24-months out

Regional Stumpage Report

• An in-depth look at the factors that affect regional timber prices

• Projects the relative influence of the general economy, industry capacity, and local capacity

• Forecasts prices for pine sawtimber, pine pulpwood, and hardwood pulpwood

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