July 5, 2024· 28 min

Lots More With Stinson Dean on Crashing Lumber Prices

Stinson Dean

Orality

Model

87%

Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,036 words)

M:94%

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,026 words)

M:94%

GuestStinson Dean(2,834 words)

M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic23%

basically, very, huge

Engagement79%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, well, so

Repetition100%

like (59x), it's (50x), know (44x)

Parallelism70%

And I'm not is that an insult?..., So if you're not paying attent..., And people will say, I don't r...

Sound Patterns78%

43 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases0%

Literate Indicators

Hedging13%

may, maybe, could

Passive Voice5%

been idled, was then, be repaired

Abstract Nouns22%

investment, business, chase.com/business

Subordination9%

because, while, since

Sentence Length26%

Avg: 11.6 words/sentence

Word Complexity44%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style21%

434 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style100%

apply, really, actually

Description

Lumber prices have tumbled dramatically in recent weeks, with benchmark futures falling about 20% in the past four months alone. What's more, this is happening at the height of the summer homebuilding season, when there should theoretically be lots of demand for construction materials. In this episode of Lots More, we speak to one of our favorite guests about what's going on in the lumber market right now, and what falling prices might say about this important part of the US economy. Stinson Dean is the founder and owner of Deacon Lumber and he talks to us about why prices are crashing, what he's seeing in the market right now, and how the current environment differs from 2020 and 2021, when lumber prices went parabolic and mills couldn't keep up with demand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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