RFP and lumber: Lumber futures continue to ratchet higher into new record territory on almost a daily basis. May futures are now over $1300. Builders would really be hurting except that they have virtually free rein in raising prices with record demand that they can't even keep up with. RFP, a timber mill and pulp company, has tripled in the last 6 months. I'm still holding over half of my shares. Inflation has definitely hit the housing industry.
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