Standing At the Fork in the Road
May 27, 10 by Edahn GolanWhat would you say if you were told that there is a place, where if you uproot a tree, you will find diamonds hiding in its roots? Is this a far fetched fantasy or an unpleasant reality we need to face bravely? Read More...
Shake, Learn and Roll, What Does It Take To Sell?
May 20, 10 by Edahn GolanIn our discussions with the market, we often hear a complaint from retailers, mostly in the U.S., about the tough economic conditions and the threat posed by Internet retailing. Online sales have no doubt changed the retailing landscape. However, it can’t cause the complete abolishment of the physical store. Read More...
Rough Prices are Tugging or Polished Prices are Anchoring
May 13, 10 by Edahn GolanRough diamond prices rose by about 5 percent between late March and the end of April. This is true for the major producers and outside rough suppliers alike. The industry was willing to pay an added premium to first hand buyers, pushing up the prices further by a few percentage points. Read More...
The Last Memo
May 06, 10 by Chaim Even-ZoharThis week, exactly eight years ago, I had the privilege of publishing the first Tacy’s Memo in this space on IDEX Online. That first contribution was titled “Diamond Merchants Going Upstream.” Read More...
Privately Held De Beers to Go Public Again
April 22, 10 by Chaim Even-ZoharMany expect that De Beers will seek a public listing on the LSE early next year. The current shareholders would either sell off parts of their holdings or accept ownership dilution through. Read More...
It’s Hot in a Rough World
April 15, 10 by Chaim Even-ZoharThe DTC is expected to increase rough diamond prices next week by 5-7%. Can the market absorb this price increase? Read More...
A $4.5 Million Diamond Loss Under the Table!
April 08, 10 by Chaim Even-ZoharSome time ago, we closely followed the incredible court drama about an Ohio jeweler who claimed to have purchased a pink diamond worth $2.5 million for only $8,000 from an unidentified German-accented party in a Las Vegas restaurant. Read More...
The Industry’s Dubai Imbroglio
April 01, 10 by Chaim Even-ZoharIn a recent meeting of the Executive Committee of the WFDB, some participants wondered whether the Presidents Meeting, scheduled to take place in Dubai next year, should be rescheduled. Read More...
Between Crystal Balls and Research: Diamond Demand Forecast for 2016
March 25, 10 by Chaim Even-ZoharHow will the diamond world look in 2016? Chaim Even-Zohar provides some ideas based on internal DTC forecast figures. Read More...
De Beers’ Mining Policy: A Return to Ambiguity
March 18, 10 by Chaim Even-ZoharFrom transparency back to ambiguity. This is the only way one can interpret DTC's messages about the planned rough allocation policies sent to clients and banks. It seems DTC has come full circle. Read More...
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