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barron's article, "trouble in the forest" by andrew bary, includes multiple errors common in financial reporting associated with timber assets. for example, it confuses timber - the cheap timberlands shoes growing trees - and timberland, and timberland shop misapplies the cyclicality and characteristics of one asset type to the other. timberland work boots in addition, and most egregiously, the article cites a potential decline in timber prices "of as much as 50%" and timberland values of $600 per acre as "more realistic" without detailing assumptions, offering evidence, or providing the most basic analysis of readily available data with which to inform and educate readers and investors as to why these assessments fail rudimentary screening. unfortunately, the market accepted the assertions and the forisk timber reit (ftr) index, which tracks the performance of public timber reits, cheap timberlands shoes fell 4.5% on the day. thanks, andrew.