Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. NYSE:PCL, Weyerhaeuser Company NYSE:WY, Claymore Beacon Global Timber Index(ETF) NYSE:CUT, Arrow Resources Development Inc. OTC:ARWD

Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. NYSE:PCL

Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. (Plum Creek) is a private timberland owner in the United States. As of December 31, 2009, Plum Creek owned 7 million acres of timberlands located in 19 states. The Company’s timberlands are diversified, not only geographically, but also by species mix and age distribution. Plum Creek manages its timberlands in two business segments: the Northern Resources Segment, consisting of timberlands in Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin, and the Southern Resources Segment, consisting of timberlands in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas. In addition, the Company’s Other Segment includes its natural resource businesses that focus on opportunities relating to mineral extraction, natural gas production and communication and transportation rights of way resulting from its property ownership.

Weyerhaeuser Company NYSE:WY

Weyerhaeuser Timber Company is a forest products company. The Company is principally engaged in growing and harvesting timber; manufacturing, distributing and selling forest products, and developing real estate and constructing homes. It has operations in 10 countries and has customers worldwide. The Company manages 22 million acres of forests. The Company operates in five segments: Timberlands, which includes logs, timber, minerals, oil and gas and international wood products; Wood Products, which includes softwood lumber, engineered lumber, structural panels, hardwood lumber and building materials distribution; Cellulose Fibers, which includes pulp and liquid packaging board; Real Estate, which includes real estates development, construction and sales, and Corporate and Other.

Claymore Beacon Global Timber Index(ETF) NYSE:CUT

Claymore/Beacon Global Timber Index ETF (the Fund), formerly Claymore/Clear Global Timber Index ETF, seeks investment results that correspond to the performance of an equity index called the Beacon Global Timber Index (the Index). All stocks in the Index are selected from the universe of global timber companies. Beacon Indexes LLC (Beacon or the Index Provider) defines global timber companies as firms who own or lease forested land and harvest the timber from such forested land for commercial use and sale of wood-based products, including lumber, pulp or other processed or finished goods, such as paper and packaging. Index constituents include securities with market capitalizations greater than $300 million, which includes securities of all market capitalizations, as determined by Beacon. It will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stock, American depositary receipts and global depositary receipts that comprise the Index. Its investment advisor is Claymore Advisors, LLC.

Arrow Resources Development Inc. OTC:ARWD

Arrow Resources OTC:ARWD is set to become a major food and timber co in Indonesia, and developing a strong market Asia Wide.

Arrow Resources OTC:ARWD seen a volume spikein the last 2 days that could lead to the stock trading much higher soon.

A Strong Buy has been issued on Arrow Resources OTC:ARWD

At Phase 1 of production the company values at over $3 per share.

Over $100m has already been invested in Indonesia.

Production of Corn, Palm Oil, Timber, Ethanol

Trading in fuels, agricultural produce

3.5 million hectares (ha) of land on the islands of Kalimantan and Sulawesi

U.S. Registered & Reporting: SEC Filer

Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) has grown 45% this year. Estimates are that US$60 trillion was seeking to be invested at present, $48 trillion of which is owned by European and US’ investors.
Palm oil has rallied 36% this year, rising demand in China may strain global supplies curbed by rain and drought in producing nations.

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