Are natural capital investments at risk of rising interest rates?

The impact of higher interest rates on portfolios will vary by sector and investors are wondering what the current rate environment means for their natural capital portfolios. Nuveen analysis provides evidence of timberland and farmland’s resiliency through rising interest rate environments. The firm has found that over the past several decades, U.S. timberland and farmland have maintained consistently positive performance through every period of increasing interest rates. Not only that, but the average spread between yields on 10 Year Treasuries compared to timberland and farmland returns...