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Shiver Me Timbers: Investing In Timber For Dividends
Marshall Hargrave • Mon, May 20 • 2 Comments
For Plum Creek, A Strong First Quarter And Dividend Hike Are Driving Shares Higher
Heather Ingrassia • Thu, May 9 • 7 Comments
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. Increases Quarterly Dividend 5 Percent to $0.44 per Share

Business Wire (May 7, 2013)
Plum Creek Timber Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Apr 29
Plum Creek Reports Results for First Quarter 2013

Business Wire (Apr 29, 2013)
4 REITs To Consider And 4 To Avoid
Rupert Hargreaves • Fri, Apr 26 • 19 Comments
Plum Creek: Look For Strong Gains Over The Next Few Years
Jeff Williams • Fri, Apr 26 • 4 Comments
Plum Creek Completes Purchase of Timberlands in Georgia and Alabama

Business Wire (Apr 22, 2013)
Beware The False 8.09% Dividend And Expensive Acreage Of Gladstone Land
Dane Bowler • Thu, Apr 18 • 36 Comments
Timberland Investments Return 7.76% In 2012
Tom Kametz • Tue, Apr 9 • 6 Comments
Plum Creek Schedules Earnings Release and Conference Call for April 29

Business Wire (Apr 2, 2013)
Is This The Next Shoe To Drop For Energy Companies?
Jon Parepoynt • Wed, Mar 20 • 10 Comments
Plum Creek Senior Vice President and CFO to Speak at the Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference

Business Wire (Feb 26, 2013)
Why Buy This Undervalued Timber REIT?
Being Unordinary • Sun, Feb 24 • 34 Comments
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K Now Available

Business Wire (Feb 22, 2013)
Comments On Rayonier's 2012 Results
Tom Kametz • Fri, Feb 22 • 10 Comments
How To Intelligently Reload Your Dividend Portfolio
Jeffrey Dow Jones • Tue, Feb 19 • 60 Comments
Comments On Plum Creek's 2012 Results
Tom Kametz • Thu, Feb 14 • 5 Comments
Thomas M. Lindquist Named President of Plum Creek

Business Wire (Feb 6, 2013)
6 Ways To Play The Obscure Raw Materials Bull Market
Hedgephone • Wed, Feb 6 • 2 Comments

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For Plum Creek, A Strong First Quarter And Dividend Hike Are Driving Shares Higher
Heather Ingrassia • Thu, May 9 • 7 Comments
Plum Creek: Look For Strong Gains Over The Next Few Years
Jeff Williams • Fri, Apr 26 • 4 Comments
Comments On Plum Creek's 2012 Results
Tom Kametz • Thu, Feb 14 • 5 Comments
Comments On Plum Creek's Third Quarter Results
Tom Kametz • Fri, Nov 2, 2012 • 9 Comments
Plum Creek: If A Tree Falls In The Forest
RelPolEco • Fri, Oct 26, 2012 • 16 Comments
Timber REITs Prove To Be A Very Safe Bet
Dane Bowler • Fri, Oct 5, 2012 • 8 Comments
Plum Creek Timber - A Unique REIT Worth Watching
Mike Fleenor • Sun, Jun 24, 2012 • 20 Comments
Plum Creek Or Potlatch: Which Is The Better Timber REIT?
Tom Kametz • Thu, May 3, 2012 • 18 Comments
A Layman's Analysis Of Plum Creek Timber
Tom Kametz • Wed, Apr 18, 2012 • 25 Comments
Now's The Time To Buy Timber
Kevin McElroy • Tue, Dec 20, 2011 • 13 Comments
Plum Creek Timber Harvesting a Solid Future
Market Blog • Wed, Apr 6, 2011
Earnings Scorecard: Plum Creek Timber
Zacks Investment Research • Mon, Feb 7, 2011
Bright Horizon for Plum Creek Timber
Jim Van Meerten • Tue, Jan 25, 2011 • 6 Comments
Plum Creek: Earnings Scorecard
Zacks Investment Research • Fri, Nov 5, 2010
Plum Creek Timber Disappoints, Guides Lower
Zacks Investment Research • Wed, Oct 27, 2010
Timber Sells Near 1977 Prices: One Way to Profit
Kevin McElroy • Wed, Sep 29, 2010 • 16 Comments
Plum Creek Earnings Scorecard
Zacks Investment Research • Mon, Aug 9, 2010
High Lumber Prices Due to Temporary Supply Problems, Not Demand
Greg Merrill • Tue, Feb 9, 2010 • 9 Comments
Plum Creek Timber Saws off Excess Supply, Grows Profits
Underanalyzed Equities • Thu, Jun 11, 2009 • 1 Comment
Plum Creek Timber: Hard Assets for Hard Times
Benjamin Mackovak • Tue, Mar 3, 2009 • 4 Comments

Shiver Me Timbers: Investing In Timber For Dividends
Marshall Hargrave • Mon, May 20 • 2 Comments
4 REITs To Consider And 4 To Avoid
Rupert Hargreaves • Fri, Apr 26 • 19 Comments
Beware The False 8.09% Dividend And Expensive Acreage Of Gladstone Land
Dane Bowler • Thu, Apr 18 • 36 Comments
Timberland Investments Return 7.76% In 2012
Tom Kametz • Tue, Apr 9 • 6 Comments
Is This The Next Shoe To Drop For Energy Companies?
Jon Parepoynt • Wed, Mar 20 • 10 Comments
Why Buy This Undervalued Timber REIT?
Being Unordinary • Sun, Feb 24 • 34 Comments
Comments On Rayonier's 2012 Results
Tom Kametz • Fri, Feb 22 • 10 Comments
How To Intelligently Reload Your Dividend Portfolio
Jeffrey Dow Jones • Tue, Feb 19 • 60 Comments
6 Ways To Play The Obscure Raw Materials Bull Market
Hedgephone • Wed, Feb 6 • 2 Comments
Collecting Riches From REIT Niches (Part 1)
Marshall Hargrave • Fri, Feb 1 • 5 Comments
Timber REITs Crush 2012 Estimates And Look To Do The Same In 2013
Dane Bowler • Wed, Jan 30 • 8 Comments
Can Housing Pull Lumber Stocks Higher?
Michael A. Gayed • Thu, Jan 24 • 1 Comment
The Best Asset Class You May Not Be In
Harlan Kessler • Sun, Jan 20 • 9 Comments
3 Stocks With Recent Intensive Insider Selling
Markus Aarnio • Fri, Jan 18
Cramer's Mad Money - The IPO That Made A Ruckus (1/14/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Tue, Jan 15 • 1 Comment
Sell Some Gold, Buy Some Timber
Carl T. Delfeld • Mon, Jan 14 • 7 Comments
The Great Timber Debate (And How To Play It)
Justin Kuepper • Thu, Jan 10
Select Sector Dogs Sport 15% To 53% Gains
Fredrik Arnold • Thu, Jan 10 • 33 Comments
U.S. Timberlands: Who Owns Them And Where Are They?
Tom Kametz • Fri, Dec 21, 2012 • 13 Comments
3 Commodities For A Housing Recovery
CommodityHQ • Sun, Dec 9, 2012 • 2 Comments

Plum Creek Timber Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Apr 29
Plum Creek Timber Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Jan 28
Plum Creek Timber Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Oct 29, 2012
Plum Creek Timber Management Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Jul 30, 2012
Plum Creek Timber's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. - Analyst/Investor Day
Tue, Mar 6, 2012
Plum Creek Timber's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Plum Creek Timber's CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Oct 24, 2011
Plum Creek Timber's CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Jul 25, 2011
Plum Creek Timber's CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Apr 25, 2011 • 1 Comment
Plum Creek Timber's CEO Discusses Q4 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Jan 31, 2011
Plum Creek CEO Discusses Q3 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Oct 26, 2010
Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Jul 26, 2010 • 3 Comments
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Apr 26, 2010
Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Feb 1, 2010
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Oct 26, 2009
Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Jul 27, 2009
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Apr 27, 2009
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Feb 2, 2009
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. Q3 2008 (Qtr End 09/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Oct 28, 2008

After-Hours Buzz: DIS, JCP, EA & More

at CNBC.com (May 7, 2013)
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. Increases Quarterly Dividend 5 Percent to $0.44 per Share

Business Wire (May 7, 2013)
Plum Creek Reports Results for First Quarter 2013

Business Wire (Apr 29, 2013)
Plum Creek Completes Purchase of Timberlands in Georgia and Alabama

Business Wire (Apr 22, 2013)
Plum Creek Schedules Earnings Release and Conference Call for April 29

Business Wire (Apr 2, 2013)
Plum Creek Senior Vice President and CFO to Speak at the Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference

Business Wire (Feb 26, 2013)
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K Now Available

Business Wire (Feb 22, 2013)
Thomas M. Lindquist Named President of Plum Creek

Business Wire (Feb 6, 2013)
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.42 Per Share

Business Wire (Feb 5, 2013)
Plum Creek and The Rockefeller Group to Pursue Development of 4,722 Acres in the Southeastern U.S.

Business Wire (Jan 31, 2013)
Early Movers: F, PFE, HOG & More

at CNBC.com (Jan 29, 2013)
After-Hours Buzz: YHOO, VMW & More

at CNBC.com (Jan 28, 2013)
Plum Creek Reports Improved Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012

Business Wire (Jan 28, 2013)
Stocks That Continue to Climb to New Highs

at CNBC.com (Jan 23, 2013)
Plum Creek Finalizes Long-Term Fiber Supply Agreement with Drax

Business Wire (Jan 22, 2013)
Plum Creek Invests in Natural Resource Assets in South Carolina

Business Wire (Jan 17, 2013)
Plum Creek Announces Tax Treatment of 2012 Dividend

Business Wire (Jan 10, 2013)
Cramer: These Stocks Don't Stay Down for Long

at CNBC.com (Jan 8, 2013)
Plum Creek Schedules Earnings Release and Conference Call for January 28

Business Wire (Jan 2, 2013)
Plum Creek President and CEO to Speak at Citi 2012 Basic Materials Symposium

Business Wire (Nov 26, 2012)

PCL vs. ETF Alternatives

Company Description

BUSINESS: Industry Overview

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The timber industry possesses several unique characteristics that distinguish it from the broader paper and forest products industry. The timber industry, which consists primarily of timberland owners, provides raw material and conducts resource... More

Sector: Financial

Industry: REIT - Industrial

Country: United States

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Monday, May 13, 1:56 PM The NAREIT U.S. REIT Index (IYR, VNQ) had a pretty good year just in April, rising 5.8% vs. the S&P up 1.9%. YTD through April, the index was up 15.44% vs. 12.74% for the S&P. Y/Y, REITs are up 22.2% vs. the S&P at 16.89% The best performers in April were the retail REITs (SPG, TCO, GGP, O, ARCP, PEI), gaining 9.9%. Taking a break were the timber REITs (PCH, PCL), down 1.6% in April after rising 7.3% the previous month. YTD, the leading REIT performer is Health Care (VTR, HCP, HCN HTA), +23.7%. Comment! [Financials]
Wednesday, May 8, 9:02 AM Plum Creek Timber Company (PCL) declares $0.44/share quarterly dividend, 4.76% increase from prior dividend of $0.42. Forward yield 3.42%. For shareholders of record May 17. Payable May 31. Ex-div date May 15. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, April 29, 5:33 PM More on Plum Creek's (PCL) Q1 results: Operating margin rose to 22.9% from 14.8% as costs and expenses declined. Timber revenues grew 9.7%, real estate fell 22%, manufacturing segment rose 13%. Issues downside guidance for Q2, seeing EPS of $0.20-$0.25 vs. $0.33 consensus, but in-line guidance for FY 2013, with EPS at $1.25-$1.50 vs. $1.40 consensus. Shares +0.2% AH. Comment! [Commodities, Financials, Earnings]
Monday, April 29, 4:09 PM Plum Creek Timber (PCL): Q1 EPS of $0.35 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $340M beats by $4.67M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Monday, April 29, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Monday’s close: ANAD, ANH, BWLD, CBL, CRK, CSE, CYH, DTLK, ESRX, GGP, HIG, HLF, HTZ, IDTI, JEC, MAS, MSTR, NEM, PCL, QGEN, RGR, RJET, RVBD, SBAC, SSW, SU, TXRH, VECO 1 Comment [Earnings]
Sunday, April 28, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Monday’s close: ANAD, ANH, BWLD, CBL, CRK, CSE, CYH, DTLK, ESRX, GGP, HIG, HLF, HTZ, IDTI, JEC, MAS, MSTR, NEM, PCL, QGEN, RGR, RJET, RVBD, SBAC, SSW, SU, TXRH, VECO 1 Comment [Earnings]
Tuesday, February 5, 6:03 PM Plum Creek Timber (PCL) declares $0.42/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 3.48%. For shareholders of record Feb. 15. Payable Mar. 01. Ex-div date Feb. 13. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, January 28, 5:43 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: FAF +6%. PCL +3%. WCRX +3%. MCRS +3%. GGP +2%.
After-hours top losers: BMC -7%. EMC -5%. STX -5%. CTXS -4%. FIO -4%. Comment! [On the Move]
Monday, January 28, 5:31 PM Plum Creek Timber (PCL): Q4 beats across the board on a 12% jump in total sales. Net earnings rose 30% Y/Y on higher revenue across all segments. Sales continue to rise, with improving demand for lumber and wood panels expected to translate into higher demand and pricing for logs in 2013. 1 Comment [Earnings, Commodities]
Monday, January 28, 4:19 PM Plum Creek Timber (PCL): Q4 EPS of $0.49 beats by $0.20. Revenue of $354M (+12.3% Y/Y) beats by $54M. Shares +2.6% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, On the Move]
Wednesday, January 9, 1:41 PM With a 20.1% total return, U.S. REIT stocks (includes both equity and mortgage REITs) outperformed the broad market for the 4th straight year. The top-performing sector was Timber, sporting a 37% total gain, followed by Industrial and Infrastructure REITs. Comment! [Financials]
Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 5:24 PM Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. (PCL) declares $0.42/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. For shareholders of record Nov. 16. Payable Nov. 30. Ex-div Nov. 14. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, October 29, 2012, 5:08 PM More on Plum Creek Timber (PCL): Q3 beats across the board, on higher revenues and better demand for its wood products. The company notes however, that seasonally lower sales volumes and tighter margins are expected to reduce the manufacturing segment's profitability, and for the current quarter it expects to earn between $0.25 and $0.30 per share. Street projections were for $0.36. Comment! [Earnings, Commodities]
Monday, October 29, 2012, 4:15 PM Plum Creek Timber (PCL): Q3 EPS of $0.36 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $354M (+20.8% Y/Y) beats by $40M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, October 1, 2012, 2:44 PM Plum Creek Timber (PCL -2%) shares are downgraded to Neutral from Buy at D.A. Davidson based on valuation. While the firm expects real estate to continue to improve into 2013, expectations are already discounted into PCL's valuation; absent acceleration beyond the current consensus of 900K units, the firm sees no catalyst to increase shares past $45. Comment! [Commodities, Quick Ideas, On the Move]
Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 5:50 PM Plum Creek Timber (PCL) declares $0.42/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 4.16%. For shareholders of record Aug 17. Payable Aug 31. Ex-div date Aug 15. (PR) 1 Comment [Dividends]

ltfinger
Returning Downgrades (4/30/13): $PBI, $PCL, $SYMC, $XYL
May 1, 10:23 AM
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Returning Upgrades (4/11/13): $MGA, $MIC, $MMC, $NEOG, $NUVA, $PAYX, $PBJ, $PCL, $PCRX, $PFF, $PM, $POWR, $PRGO, $PRXL, $QGEN, $RDEN
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jjmc2001
$PCL is hitting it out of the park on their conference call. Up 3.36% after hours.
Jan 28, 5:27 PM
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http://stks.co/3XdN Bad news is good news in a manipulated market $AMZN $DECK $BIDU $AAPL, $PCL $FAS $FAZ $TZA $TNA $TVIX $XIV $SVXY $UVXY
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Jim Van Meerten
PCL - 96% Barchart technical support level - 14 new highs and up 7.07% in the last month - Relative Strength Index 75.52%
3/19/12
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Chines33
Long PRU APA ESV FLR DD JCI JOY BHP ETN TJX SNY EMC BRCM PG Certain to add either SBUX or PEP...and PCL or WY..TBT also likely add coming.
11/14/11
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golfitobob: 33, TBT looks tempting,but,lots of bad EU to come.TLT should rally an give u a better entry in TBT
11/15/11
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inquisitivemind7: Lol, Doug Kass is getting increasingly bullish, he is also looking for a long TBT play.
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Chines33
Long PRU PG APA ESV BHP TJX EMC BRCM JCI DD ETN VIA/B IAU...watching PCL RIO FLR KO UN OKE WLL SLB for entries.
11/1/11
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I am long UN KO PRU TJX EMC BRCM JCI DD ETN ESV APA VIA/B RIO IAU...looking to add to these positions.Watch list to add IBM SLB PCL WY NVO
10/20/11
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Stevie said Chinese big shoppers & table rule only to existing space, sounds like going at chop-shops imo. WYNN
10/20/11
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Not the 5-star joints, imo WYNN.
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Windsun33
actually forward P/E on both WY and PCL don't look that good, and lumber futures way down
7/27/11
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diepwjulius
I like PCL more than WY, higher yield. Gimme dat wood-alcohol to numb the pain.
7/27/11
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Long PRU APA ESV FLR DD JCI JOY BHP ETN TJX SNY EMC BRCM PG Certain to add either SBUX or PEP...and PCL or WY..TBT also likely add coming.
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golfitobob: 33, TBT looks tempting,but,lots of bad EU to come.TLT should rally an give u a better entry in TBT
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Chines33
I am long UN KO PRU TJX EMC BRCM JCI DD ETN ESV APA VIA/B RIO IAU...looking to add to these positions.Watch list to add IBM SLB PCL WY NVO
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Stevie said Chinese big shoppers & table rule only to existing space, sounds like going at chop-shops imo. WYNN
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