Talk:Diamonds as an investment

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The article needs to discuss the overpricing of diamonds through DeBeer's controlling of the diamond market and creating an artificial shortage. Rmhermen 19:40, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

See http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond for reference. 2006-11-21

This article needs to be referenced and cleaned up to reflect the encyclopedic nature of wikipedia. SauliH 08:13, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

This article sounds to have a lot of original research and is presented like an essay, not an encyclopedic article. Momo Hemo 10:04, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments on above:

Aber has now bought 100% of the Harry Winston Inc. chain and is no longer a diamond mining venture alone, but rather a hybrid mine-retailer. The anticipated mine life of the currently producing pipes is not that long, and development of other target pipes on the property into actual mines is perhaps uncertain (see their website) so that unless they acquire other diamond mining properties they may end up eventually migrating into being primarily a retailer.

In fact, when discussing investment in diamonds, I would like to see the article expanded to cover what might be called "wider diamond industry investments" with more information on investments sectors beyond polished stones and mines....for example, retailers, equipment manufacturers, and service providers.

There are a few English language academic sources on diamonds as investment that I will try to dig out and post as references but if anyone has sources ready at hand don't wait for me. FurnaldHall 11:51, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

"I would like to see the article expanded to cover what might be called "wider diamond industry investments"" Good idea nirvana2013 10:39, 20 March 2007 (UTC)