In today’s current economic climate, natural fancy colored diamonds are increasingly being recognised as an excellent alternative investment. For centuries, royalty and aristocracy have known the value of protecting large sums of wealth in jewels, gold and especially natural fancy colored diamonds. Natural fancy colored diamonds offer a portable and discreet way to protect and transfer wealth.

In recent reports, investment experts heavily speculate that rare diamonds may out-perform gold over the next few years.

More and more investors are turning to this compelling risk-adjusted strategy to diversify their investment portfolios. In fact, so many investors and investment companies are turning to diamonds as a hard asset investment that the industry is actually seeing a new type of diamond consumer arise: the investor.

‘Real-estate in your pocket’

Many Europeans refer to natural fancy colored diamonds as ‘real-estate in your pocket’ because it is such a concentrated form of wealth and it can be transported with ease. In ancient times, diamonds were used as a safe way to store large sums of wealth. The Kohinoor Diamond, which is the most famous diamond in the world, is a prime example. This rare jewel was acquired by Sultan Ala-ed-din in the year 1304. Today, the Kohinoor diamond is the central stone in the crown of the Queen of England, and was especially designed for Queen Mary in 1911. The Kohinoor diamond was once valued at half the daily expense of the whole world.