De Beers Looks to Start-ups for Innovation and Growth in Diamonds
De Beers no longer has the absolute monopoly it once enjoyed, but is still a large-scale, dominant player in the diamond industry. In the past week, the behemoth announced that they need to look outside of themselves and other traditional players in the diamond market for opportunities for growth and innovation. They created De Beers Ventures to actively consider the acquisition of minority equity stakes in start-ups and growth companies. Continue reading “De Beers Looks to Start-ups for Innovation and Growth in Diamonds”
A Bright Future For Investment-Grade Diamonds
Are Soybeans and Diamonds alike? Don’t miss our new article on the financialization of diamonds here.
The seller of two of the three most expensive diamonds ever sold at auction, Ehud Laniado, was the subject of a recent article in “Square Mile” magazine.
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Soybeans, Pork Bellies, and Diamonds: the Power of Financialization
For as long as most of us remember, commodities as diverse as crude oil, gold and soybeans have been traded as financial assets. Forty-seven commodities, including frozen concentrated orange juice and recycled steel, currently trade on 12 global exchanges. While trading these materials dates to the dawn of civilization, the financialization of commodities, enabling their trade as financial products, is a recent development.
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The Transformation of Diamonds
Until the early nineties, the global diamond business was a closely knit, hierarchical pipeline, where all participants knew their place as the precious pebbles moved from the mine to the market. Everyone understood that the industry’s oxygen was controlled by a single, all mighty entity, which used its undisputed power with meticulous care and determination. A kind of La Familia.
TEDx Talk: Why Diamonds Are the new Global Asset Class
VULT Inventor and CEO, Joseph Lipton, was invited to present his cutting-edge ideas about the future of global wealth at a very special TEDxFultonStreet Salon about “Things You Can’t Have” with other thought leaders in NYC.
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360° Interview with CEO Joseph Lipton & Tour of Secured Woldwide’s VULT Lab Anti-Fraud Technology
Secured Worldwide LLC, the inventors of the VULT diamond-based asset, recently had the honor to host an immersive interview with the producer of the TEDxFultonStreet conference series.
World Diamond Magazine Interviews VULT CEO
Authoritative industry source, World Diamond Magazine, sat down with VULT CEO Joseph Lipton to get an “outsider’s” view on the changing investment diamond landscape and how to secure your wealth in troubling times. You can read the article here: http://www.worlddiamondmark.org/outsiders-look-within or below in a reader.
Precious Metals Dealer Releases Breakthrough Diamond Investment Option in U.S., Offering Financialized Diamonds Worth Up to $250,000
New York, NY, USA – December 20, 2016 – Money Metals Exchange, a leading U.S. precious metals dealer, has begun offering VULT diamond investment units to its investor community.
The War on Cash Continues
The enemies of cash are at it again…and again…and again. Around the globe the government solution to every crisis (made up or real) seems to devolve towards removing the ability of normal citizens to take their money and either leave or use it in a way not deemed “proper” by the powers that be. As we reported earlier, the only truly diversified portfolio is a portable one; this is why: