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Why Diamonds Should Be Your Next Long-Term InvestmentAfter you’ve invested and earned from stocks, treasury bonds, properties, and the like, you may want to consider putting your money in diamonds. These gemstones have gone far from just being the traditional stone for engagement rings. Ever since De Beer’s ad campaign turned them into a hot commodity, diamonds—especially those that are top-tier when it comes to cut, carat, color, and clarity—have continuously been held in high esteem. According to Bain & Company’s Global Diamond Industry Report for 2016, these gems will continue to enjoy good demand for the next three years, albeit a “tight balance” with supply, which is “expected to decline annually by one to two percent in value terms through 2030.” This means that diamonds can possibly be a good long-term investment vehicle for those who can afford them before demand outweighs supply. MORE FROM FEMALENETWORK.COM WORK AND MONEY If You Want to Invest in Jewelry, Try Colored Diamonds ARTICLES 9 Pretty and Unique Engagement Rings for the Modern Pinay “Most of the people—the wealthy people—are already into real estates, are already into financial markets, are already into gold, but a lot of people are looking into diversification,” explained Founder and CEO of ID-Diamonds Sparkling Investments, Pierre De Boscher. “People are looking for assets…with an underlying value.” In fact, diamonds appear to be more stable than your usual investment vehicles. “You cannot compare diamonds to the financial markets because financial markets are very volatile, and this is not the case with diamonds. When you look at the past performance of diamonds as a value, you’ll see that from the last seven years, it raised 30 to 40 percent.” You can put your money into diamond-studded jewelry, or you can go with an option that standardizes diamond investments, which is what ID-Diamonds is all about. Depending on your budget, you can purchase “diamond bars” which include four to ten stones with varying carats and clarity. These are kept in ID-Knoxes (Identity Diamonds and Knox of Fort Knox), which are secure, transparent, and scratch-proof containers containing “a special integrated chip with tamper-resistant depositing of all documents” and legit certifications. These state-of-the-art containers can also be hooked to your computer to check for integrity and to get an update on how much your diamonds currently cost. IMAGE id-diamonds.com “We sell our diamonds lower than the RAP (short for ‘Rapaport Price List,’ which is an international benchmark for diamond prices – Ed.) prices,” explained Pierre. “[We] sell our diamonds and our Knoxes at RAP minus… We give investors direct access to buy diamonds at wholesale prices in a transparent way, in a secure way, and a guaranteed way. So that’s the innovative thing we’re doing to this industry.” explained Pierre. ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ID-Diamonds has high standards for itself, sourcing diamonds from the most prestigious companies and ensuring that steps are taken so that investors only get the best-certified stones. “We try to be as…transparent as we can be... We only buy diamonds from global diamond companies…which are customers from De Beers and Alrosa—the two biggest [diamond] miners. When you’re a customer of De Beers, of Alrosa, you have to adhere to strict principles. They scrutinize you financially… so the suppliers we have are those kinds of customers.” “The next step is that each and every stone has a GIA (Gemological Institute of America) certificate… [which is] lasered into the girdle of the diamond. You can’t see it with the naked eye. MORE FROM FEMALENETWORK.COM WORK AND MONEY Where to Get Money for Your Business, Aside from Bank Loans WORK AND MONEY Money Advice From Pinays Who Earn P60k to 100k per Month “We never touch the diamonds,” said Pierre. “We order the diamonds, the diamonds are sent to a third party… also IGI—International Gemological Institute—and they make the box.” This IGI-linked third party then checks the authenticity of the diamonds and sets them. The process of creating and buying diamond bars are so secure that cash and check payments by investors are not accepted. “It has to be SWIFT payments through banks… And every Knox is linked to the owner… Every Knox is identified as a number which is allocated to a buyer.” It sounds complicated, but it isn’t—you basically only need to “buy” them as investments and ID-Diamonds does everything for you, to the point that they can even suggest where you can safely keep your gems. Of course, you first need to be a person of good financial standing as you’ll have to put a great deal of money into diamond bars. It’s a good option if you’ve already managed to grow your wealth. Get the plan into the pipeline and jump into it in your 40s or 50s; diamonds could be the perfect reward for years of hard work.

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Archetype Family: Royal
Other Expressions: Executive, CEO, Leader, Chief
Life Journey: To learn to use power wisely, productively, and responsibly
Unique Challenge: To identify the causes in which to invest my power and influence
Lesson To Learn: To differentiate between authentic and illusory power
Defining Grace: Generosity
Challenge To Self: I will share power in a close relationship, and commit to cooperation and compromise.

In the Light - Meet the members of the Royal Family. Which ones best describe you?

THE NETWORKER: You are the great connector. Your self esteem and power comes from the 100s to thousand of contacts at the tip of your fingers. You work the room and people with great finesse and easily attract to power players. You can also have an agenda that uses people.

THE EXECUTIVE: You are destined for the corner office. You like power, control and responsibility. You are a natural leader. Your down side is you can be relentless in gaining the power you need.

THE MIDAS: Everything you touch turns to gold. You like money and money likes you. Your downside is you can be a miser.

THE BOSS: You want control from small things to large. You are an excellent manager of people and projects. You can also be a micro manager as well as a slave driver.

THE KING: Kings don’t just create wealth for themselves. They create it for others around them, including employees and investors. At their best they are role models for discipline, superb management, and the highest levels of strategic thinking.

THE QUEEN: Queens are conveyors of grace, and they can use their position to do tremendous good in the world. They can lead as examples and empower others, women especially, to succeed.

THE POLITICIAN: Politicians are people-oriented and great communicators. They know that to do their jobs well they have to be able to listen and collaborate.

THE PRINCESS/HEIRESS: Princesses can be inspirational figures for girls who lack confidence and dignity. And they can use their positions to do good, and to be spokeswomen for excellent causes.

THE PRINCE/HEIR: Princes can be agreeable friends, spouses and relatives because of their sense of ceremony and decorum. Like Gentleman, they are reliable guests, toast-makers and representatives of good causes.

THE DIVA: With their talent and tendency to dress to kill, Divas bring sparkle and fireworks to any situation.

In the Shadow - Meet the Shadowed members of the Royal Family. Everyone has a dark side, what is yours?

THE VAMPIRE: Like Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula, who fed on the lifeblood of others while living in a regal manner, Royals can be a drain on those around them.

THE BULLY: When it becomes so easy to take advantage of one’s position, it takes a certain amount of discipline to fight the urge to debase the reputation of self and family.

THE BRAT: Because they are used to pampering and don’t know how to do things for themselves, Royals can exhibit childish behavior in the form of tantrums and unreasonable demands.

THE DESTROYER: The Destroyer shadow manifests in vindictiveness and an unchecked fascination with wreaking enormous destruction on enemies.

THE THIEF: In addition to having access, Thieves who manifest themselves as Royal shadows are shrouded in elegant mantles of acceptability.