Lumber prices have dropped by more than 14% from a record high in early August. - Getty Images/iStockphoto Many home builders, contractors and retailers wagered that higher U.S. tariffs on imports ...

Lumber prices and supply have taken investors, contractors and consumers for a ride since 2020. Erratic inventory and construction labor shortages combined with a Canadian lumber tariff to spike ...

In a January 14, 2025, Seeking Alpha article on lumber and the WOOD ETF, I concluded: WOOD’s twenty-year monthly chart shows that technical support is at the September 2022 $63.78 low, with resistance ...

Falling lumber prices are sounding an alarm on Wall Street about potential problems on Main Street. Wood markets have been whipsawed of late by trade uncertainty and a deteriorating housing market.

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 ...

Brent crude and gold have enjoyed a strong 24-hour period following the FOMC meeting. However, lumber continues to lose ground as it heads towards a key support level. Gold has been on the rise over ...

The BCLTC said Canadian lumber producers already face antidumping and countervailing duties of just over 35 percent, and that ...

Commodity prices have been all over the place for the last few years due to the constant economic changes, from a pandemic to soaring inflation. With fears of a global recession and many other unique ...

They say money doesn't grow on trees, but over the last year it did. Lumber prices skyrocketed to historic highs during the coronavirus pandemic, fueled by a demand for new homes and a surge in ...

President Donald Trump says that the U.S. has the capacity to meet 95% of softwood lumber demand and directed federal ...

In a June 15, 2023, Barchart article, Lumber Could Have Found a Bottom—What’s Next? I wrote, “ I expect the decline in inflation and Fed’s pause as constructive events for the new home market. However ...