Fancy Diamonds Are Asian Women’s (And Men’s) Best Friend, Driving 40% of Global Value

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Fancy Diamonds Are Asian Womens (And Mens) Best
Friend, Driving 40 of Global Value
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Paragon International

• In Asia these days, diamonds are more than just a
  girls best friend. Men appreciate them, too, and
  many couples will walk away from jewelry stores
  wearing his and her diamond engagement rings
  frequently featuring fancy colored stones, in a
  suitably masculine color for him. In fact,
  a DeBeers survey found that 67 percent of Chinese
  men between 30 and 44 want to have diamonds.  
• Rising wealth and the Westernization of Asia,
  particularly in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan,
  are driving the ongoing boom in the diamond
  market. Colored diamonds, in particular, are very
  hot, and buyers appreciate them as much for their
  beauty in a piece of jewelry as they do for the
  way they hold their value.

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From 2006 through 2016,

• fancy colored diamonds think pink, yellow and
  blue have appreciated by nearly 155 percent,
  more than twice the gains of the better known
  colorless white diamond. The Fancy Color Research
  Foundation (FCRF), which tracks diamond values,
  also notes that today China and Hong Kong account
  for some 40 percent of colored diamond sales. 

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• According to the FCRFs research director Tracey
  Greenstein, Its the Asian customers who have
  driven the increases in colored diamond prices,
  particularly for the exceedingly rare pink
  diamonds. In fact, in early April, it was a Hong
  Kong jewelry firm, Chow Tai Fook, that placed the
  winning bid for the exceedingly rare Pink Star
  diamond for a record-breaking 71.2 million.

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• As much as an investment, those his and hers
  diamond engagement rings, colored and not, are
  benefitting the market as well. Luxury jeweler
  Tiffany, for example, has had a concerted and
  profitable strategy to focus on brides (and
  grooms) in China. Its been a smart move, analyst
  Ike Boruchow, now with Wells Fargo, has said
  Theres nowhere to go but up as Chinas marriage
  rate is growing and Westernization has made
  diamond rings a must-have among newly engaged
  couples.
• And as another reflection of the powerful Asian
  market, some of the most exciting auctions of
  fancy colored diamonds are being held in Hong
  Kong. Sothebys auction of the Pink Star diamond
  in April, for example? It was held in Hong Kong.

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• The Asian market aside, investors love affair
  with diamonds, and particularly fancy colored
  stones, continues unabated on a global basis as
  2017 progresses. The FCRFs Fancy Color Diamond
  Index showed pricing stability during the first
  quarter, although intense blue diamonds continued
  their 2016 trends with a 1.9 percent increase.
• These are trends that Paragon International
  Wealth Management has been monitoring, according
  to Michael King, Director of Trading. Torontos
  Paragon International Wealth Management is a
  leader in acquiring and managing hard investment
  assets, with a specialty in fancy colored
  diamonds, particularly pink colored diamonds.

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• We are seeing continued demand for the more
  intense and vivid colored diamonds, and as the
  blues in this category continue to be challenging
  to find, the prices will continue to outpace
  other color diamond categories, King added.

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As the year progresses, King said, the pinks are
also likely to rise in price. As he pointed out,
as the amount of wealth created in the global
economy continues to escalate, investors will
remain willing to pay for what is, all told, one
of the safest haven investments there is.
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