Financial Maturity: A Guide To When Trees Should Be Harvested

Financial maturity is the point in the life of the tree beyond which the expected value increase no longer equals or exceeds the net return which would be obtained if the tree were sold and the cash value were invested elsewhere. This publication discusses methods of determining financial maturity.

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