The Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF) presented a report on the dynamics of the Fancy Color Diamond Index, which was first introduced in 2014 to evaluate and analyze the pricing of these rare stones as a class of assets alternative to ordinary white diamonds. The index of January 2015 shows that fantasy colored diamonds continue to show stable price levels, even despite the decline in the cost of many other minerals in the fourth quarter of 2014.
The index for 2014 says that pink, yellow and blue stones have risen in price by an average of 167% since January 2005, having outstripped the other types of assets during this period.
According to the most recent index of 2015, in the fourth quarter of 2014 prices for fancy diamonds remained unchanged. The company believes that these figures indicate a positive dynamics of supply and demand for colored diamonds.
At the same time, for the same period, prices for white diamonds weighing 1 carat fell by 5%, and prices for stones weighing 0.3 carats fell by 9.2%, according to the diamond index Rapaport (RapNet Diamond Index, RAPI).
According to the member of the Advisory Council of FCRF Ishaia Gol, the data for the fourth quarter "confirm our knowledge, as well as the understanding from the previous decade that brilliants of fantasy colors are a separate niche product that practically does not correlate with white diamonds."
FCRF is an independent non-profit organization that supports trade, ethics and transparency in the retail and wholesale trade of fancy colored diamonds, as well as in the industry of these stones. FCRF develops innovative technologies and digital tools that help buyers, sellers and collectors in the process of trading in fancy colored diamonds.