Mr. Brad Franchi
President, Forest Strategies, LLC.
Member of the Natural Resources Council
Council Member Biography
Brad Franchi is the President of Forest Strategies, a Forest and Paper consulting service. Mr. Franchi has provided over 100 consultations while earning the top four percent of all consultants. He is also a Partner at Timber Barons LLCs that buy and sell timberlands, in SC and OH. Mr. Franchi has over 25 years of experience in managing forestry and paper operations. As a key member of the Forestry and Paper integration teams, including two large industrial mergers, he has Sarbanes Oxley experience. Mr. Franchi has expertise in managing forestry data analysis, valuation, purchasing and divestiture operations for large and small tracts of timberlands, focused on China, and the Americas. He has worked with Wall St and provided consultations on REITs, valuation of timberlands, general forestry and pulp and paper manufacture. Mr. Franchi is concentrated in the citing of Biomass plant studies, and lately, serving multiple client requests for timberland and timber valuations. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2006 - Unspecified
- Managing Partner, Timber Barons, LLC
- 2006 - Unspecified
- President, Forest Strategies, LLC.
- 2006 - 2007
- Forest Consultant, RELIABLE INTEGRATION SERVICES, INC.
- 1986 - 2004
- Director of Corp Woodlands; mgr of Corp Woodlands;, Mead Corporation
- 1984 - 1996
- Director of Corporate Woodlands, Mead - Dayton
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Brad Franchi
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Japan earthquake and tsunami, 2011
March 14, 2011
Latest Friday, Japan suffered one the greatest natural disasters in the history of civilization. The extremely powerful earthquake and tsunami has some estimates of the loss up to life up to 10,000 people at this point. After the magnitude of what happened sinks in, Japan will need to address re-building infrastructure destroyed by these two events. One of the commodities that will be important to recovery is softwood lumber
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El Nino gives away to La Nina while in climate nuetral
August 12, 2010
El Ni�o and La Ni�a: Weather's Sibling Rivalry | www.dummies.com
If you recall, last year was dominated by strong El Nino conditions, which included very heavy rain patterns. in the Southern Pine Belt in the US South. By late winter many mills were exhausting timber supplies, and the spot market for especially hardwood pulpwood, with spot prices spiking 50% or more.This El Nino quickly turned down into La Nina or possible neutral conditions, marking a very quick turn around for this cycle.This transition is one of the shorter ones.
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NOAA sees El Niño continuing into 2010, with possible record Damages
February 12, 2010
NOAA sees El Nino strengthening through 2009 | www.reuters.com
The 2009-10 El Niño cycle is heading to exceed all predictions of intensity. Starting with abundant rainfall last autumn, and continuing through the Midwest, and in the South USA. The last two most powerful El Niño were the1997-1998 cycle, followed by the 1982-83 event, I was speaking to local logging managers earlier this week, and it became apparent that spot markets on pulpwood is rising as much as 30 to 40%, in an effort to keep the paper Mills supplied.
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Lumber pricing moves up in 2010, El Nino adds to rising costs
January 29, 2010
NAHB: Framing Lumber Prices | www.nahb.org
As usual, the timber and lumber markets are showing a high degree of correlation. The National Association of Builders is showing $14 per MBF increase so far in 2010. Although a months worth od data is not a solid trend, it does make sense when considering other factors. A tepid lumber rally, combined with El Nino, and new Biomass demand will all "push" pricing forward. If you recall, the timber and lumber markets are highly correlated, if not lagged. as loggers struggle to raise production
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Timber REITs - A brief history of how we got here ?
January 15, 2010
The Basics Of REIT Taxation | www.investopedia.com
A review of the last 50 years of industrial timberlands begins during the depression, as these large paper companies purchased huge tracts of timber and at very low basis. In the early 1980s, Sir James Goldsmith and others realized the entire corporation could be bought and broken up – to get the timber virtually free. The mills preferred c-corp ownership and enjoyed low costs as the depletion rates were very low, under $0.25 per ton in some cases.
GLG Study Groups with Brad Franchi(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
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| Commercial Printing Experts | 1515 |
| Timber and Forest Industry Consultants | 360 |
| Commercial Printing Market Experts | 340 |
| Timber Experts | 145 |
| Council Members Knowledgeable on Paper Newsprint | 145 |
GLG Live Meetings with Brad Franchi(?)
Brad Franchi has not participated in any GLG Live Meetings.
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