Ten years ago, it would be hard to imagine a more stable investment than timber, or those Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) that bought millions of acres of harvestable trees.

A good number of investors don’t consider it, but there are prospective profits in timber stocks and according to Martin Denholm, “ it’s beaten most investments hands-down for decades.”

This is the third installment of a new Money Morning series highlighting investment opportunities created by the global bull market in commodities. There’s a classic squeeze going on in the timber markets right now.