I write about commodities through a four-decade lens of experience. Prices of bellwether commodities like oil, gas, lumber and copper are down significantly from a year ago. Commodity markets are ...
From corn to copper, a number of commodities have been on fire since last year, but none more than lumber. Lumber spot prices are up roughly 78% since the start of 2021 and more than 350% in the ...
It's certainly a possibility," Darin Newsom, president of commodities analysis firm Darin Newsom Analysis, told Insider. In looking at future pricing for lumber, Newsom said he's seeing price ...
Washed out roads and blocked rail tracks in Canada’s westernmost province are fuelling a lumber price rally as key supplies risk being stuck just as home builders start piling up materials. Lumber ...