TY - JOUR T1 - Timber Investment JF - The Journal of Alternative Investments SP - 86 LP - 88 DO - 10.3905/jai.2002.319047 VL - 5 IS - 1 AU - Kurt Akers Y1 - 2002/06/30 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/5/1/86.abstract N2 - Alternative investments include a wide variety of investment strategies. While traditional alternative investment strategies such as real estate, private equity, and hedge funds dominate the alternative investment landscape, other alternative investments such as oil and gas as well as timber investment are increasingly being considered as potential investments by large financial institutions as well as wealthy individuals. In this issue's trading strategy forum, timber investment is discussed as an investment vehicle. This issue's trading forum provides readers with a clearer and more informed understanding of the investment potential for timber investment in capturing the return/risk trade-offs within the strategy. ER -