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Guildhall Diamond Investments launched diamond investor calculator

23 march 2012

Guildhall Diamond Investments, based in Canada, presented an online calculator designed to help investors who wish to have an idea about the potential income from investments in diamonds.
Guildhall is specialized in natural colored diamonds of yellow and pink hues. As it is stated on the company’s website, colored diamonds have not yet declined in price, with yellow diamonds going up annually by an average of 12% -15% and pinks - by 20%.
In order to know the potential value of your diamond after 5, 10 or 20 years, it is sufficient to indicate the price at which you purchased the stone and its color and then click the ROI button. The company says the calculations are based on collective research, sales data and information derived from auction houses and suppliers.
According to the Guildhall calculator, a pink diamond bought today for $ 20,000 will rise in price over 6 times in 10 years, while a one-carat yellow diamond, which is currently offered on the company’s website at $ 15,000, will accumulate a three-fold value within the same time span.

Olga Patseva, Editor in Chief of the American Bureau, Rough&Polished