Trends & forecast

With the new year around the corner, it’s the perfect moment to evaluate the past year. Lots of thing happened on the diamond market, but what exactly? And how can we use these trends to make predictions for 2018?

Everyone knows that diamonds are precious stones but assessing the correct value of a diamond is a matter best left for the experts. The value of a diamond, along with the economic context and the asking price of the jeweller will ultimately determine the price of your diamond. The price of diamonds is expressed in US dollars per carat. A 0.5 carat diamond, for example, is priced at $1,400 per carat. The price for this diamond is then $1,400x0.5, so $700.

Investing in jewellery and diamonds has been a stable, profitable and consequently a sustainable investment for more than twenty years, which is also accessible to smaller budgets.

Diamonds are becoming increasingly scarcer and some people even believe the diamond mines will be completely dried up within the next 15 years. Are diamonds from the ocean the diamond industry’s future? How do we reclaim diamonds from the sea?

Just as Hugo Claus taught his people to read, Belfius expert Marc Raisère is trying to teach the Belgian people to invest. The number of Belgians that begin to invest has been increasing continuously. We can begin to speak of a trend, though the step from saving to investing is made very hesitantly.

The fact that the election victory of Donald Trump as President of the United States has international implications has soon become apparent in the first months of his term in the office. But how can political decisions affect the price of diamonds?