Asset Allocation

Amid pulp shortage, forest funds promote sustainability

Forestry investments. Photo via Unsplash.
Investing in trees might at first not seem the quickest route to wealth. Yet timber investments increasingly leverage their clear connection to sustainability and their long-term real asset investment characteristics. Timber investments, although not suited for everyone, can serve as a hedge against inflation, and as a commodity that can benefit from strong economic growth.
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