Diamond Education

Diamond Education  

Diamond Education  

All About Diamonds

Jewelry.com tells you all you need to know about diamonds - from their sparkling origins to the best way to shop for the ultimate diamond jewel.

Diamonds are among the most prized substances on earth. Their incomparable brilliance, elegance, durability and mystery have captivated our imagination for thousands of years. Considering the endless lore and mystique behind this regal stone, it's no wonder that it has come to symbolize the ultimate gift of love and romance.

Not only is a diamond the overwhelming choice for prospective brides and grooms selecting an engagement ring, but the gem is also the birthstone for April. And diamonds are the recommended gift for couples celebrating their 10th, 60th and 75th wedding anniversaries.

Our Diamond Primer

Our Diamond Primer

• Available Stone Settings
• Available Stone Shapes
• Care Of Your Diamond
• Certifications, Appraisals And Insurance
• The Diamond
• Diamond Carat Weight
• Diamond Clarity
• Diamond Color
• Diamond Cut
• Evaluating A Diamond's Cut
• Evaluating A Diamond For Brilliance
• Journey Of A Diamond (From Mine to Retail)
• Shop Diamond Jewelry

Diamond Jewelry Education

Diamond Jewelry Education 

Learn more about Diamond Jewelry Education

Learn more about Diamond Jewelry Education Diamond.com is committed to providing you with the best information available so that you can make an informed decision when purchasing one of our fine diamond jewelry items. Our Jewelry Education section contains useful facts on diamonds, engagement rings, precious metals used in jewelry, as well as jewelry gift buying tips. In our diamond education section you’ll learn about the “4 C’s” used to evaluate the quality and value of a diamond – cut, color, clarity and carat weight – and how these factors are used by diamond graders to produce the certified diamond grading report that accompany loose diamonds purchased from Diamond.com. You can also find out more about different types of metal used in our jewelry, including platinum, sterling silver, and the meaning of karat amounts for gold. Shopping for an engagement or wedding ring? See our tips on how to choose an engagement ring, learn about different engagement ring styles and settings, and get helpful advice on how to select the right wedding ring For gift shoppers, we have practical recommendations to aid in your selection of diamond earrings, bracelets, necklaces and pendants. The gift of a diamond anniversary band is an unforgettable way to celebrate your marriage: our anniversary ring guide can help make a selection that she will treasure forever

Purchase Gold

Purchase Gold

Purchase Gold

Purchasing gold should be fun and worry free

Today, purchasing gold can be safer and more convenient than ever before, but with current record prices, a great number of shady characters have crawled out of the woodwork to prey on unwary investors.

The first rule of purchasing gold is to keep it simple

Wall Street was quick to see the opportunity to play on the fears of individual investors, so they invented “paper gold” in order to lure them in. These instruments include ETFs, futures contracts, warehouse receipts, and mining stocks, and, like everything else the Street comes up with, they are complex and rigged to benefit insiders. Besides the obvious counter-party risk inherent in all paper assets, these instruments also incur continual fees and severely restrict your access to the underlying asset.

A much simpler and far better investment option is to purchase gold directly, taking possession of physical gold in a simple exchange for cash. For that, you have three basic choices:

• Gold bullion coins. These legal tender coins are minted around the globe and boast a wide variety of exquisite designs. The country of origin guarantees the gold content of their coins for both weight and purity.
• Gold bullion bars. Available in a broad range of sizes, gold bars are struck, and certified for weight and purity, by a limited number of prominent producers.
• Rare gold coins. Valued for their rarity as much as their gold content, third-party grading services that certify these coins for quality and authenticity have made them very popular with investors.

While jewelry is frequently promoted as a gold investment, production costs and extreme dealer markups make it a particularly poor choice.

The second rule of purchasing gold is to be very careful when choosing your dealer

Investing in gold is too important to leave to chance. Check out the retailer’s reputation and credentials. Find out what others have had to say about doing business with them. Make sure that the price you are quoted is all you will have to pay — hidden fees and shipping and handling charges add up quickly. Keep asking questions until you fully understand your investment and are certain it is right for you.

GoldPice.net is committed to helping you invest safely and confidently. Before you purchase gold, we encourage you to request your free copy of our comprehensive gold investment guide

Gold Spot Prices

Gold Spot Prices

GOLD CURRENT 1,619.60 2.20

High 1,639.80 Low 1,536.00

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SILVER CURRENT 29.35 0.82

High 29.89 Low 27.25

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The gold spot price gives you the edge in gold investing

Paying close attention to the gold spot price is the key to successful gold investing. In combination with a sound understanding of historical gold prices, it will hone your intuition to razor sharpness. But keep in mind what thespot prices really mean.

Keep current prices in their proper perspective

Gamblers play the short–term, but investors are in for the long haul, and they see the spot gold price very differently. Speculators place their bets on what they think the price will be just around the bend, and their wagers have as much influence on daily gold prices as the true present value of gold.

One of the biggest mistakes an investor can make is to put too much stock in the traders’ guesses. Unless some major global shock has upset the fundamentals, over time gold will stick to its trend. A more reliable indicator of gold’s current value (although it is also susceptible to mood swings) is what the principals are agreeing upon for the physical exchange of gold — the London AM and PM fixings.

Follow the spot, but listen to your gut

Uncertainty rules the markets these days. Global economics is a new game and very few truly understand the rules. In fact, the rules are still being written. Few things have remained constant throughout history, and of those that have, the value of gold is way out front. No matter how the world resolves the complex issues of today, it must begin with reinventing the global monetary system, and gold will be the keystone.

Against that backdrop, the spot gold price can be very revealing. Uncertainty breeds panic, and panic breeds irrationality. What the markets do on any particular day is only a matter of how emotions are running. Gold experts trust their knowledge of what is driving gold’s trend, and when current prices run counter to what their gut is saying, they don’t hesitate to buy.

All it takes is a little practice to be an expert

All the information you need to become an expert gold investor can be found right here on GoldPrice.net. We maintain a professional staff of expert gold advisors to help you make the most of everything you learn, and we offer a free Gold Price Kit to get you started.

Investing just a few minutes of every day, visiting GoldPrice.net and following spot gold prices, will pay handsome dividends in your success as a gold investor.

Historical Gold Prices

Historical Gold Prices

Understanding Historical Gold Prices is the First Step to Becoming a Gold Investment Expert

Historical gold prices are just statistics snapshots relating only to the conditions under which they were taken. Like all statistics, they can be manipulated to prove just about any theory both the bulls and bears might devise. But when viewed dispassionately, and with common sense, they are the foundation for a deep understanding of the fundamentals driving past and present gold price trends.

YEAR	AVERAGE PRICE	YEAR	AVERAGE PRICE	YEAR	AVERAGE PRICE
1951	34.72	1972	58.42	1993	359.77
1952	34.60	1973	97.39	1994	384.00
1953	34.84	1974	154.00	1995	384.18
1954	35.04	1975	160.86	1996	387.69
1955	35.03	1976	124.74	1997	331.00
1956	34.99	1977	147.84	1998	294.21
1957	34.95	1978	193.40	1999	278.76
1958	35.10	1979	306.00	2000	279.76
1959	35.10	1980	615.00	2001	277.90
1960	35.27	1981	460.00	2002	309.73
1961	35.25	1982	376.00	2003	363.38
1962	35.23	1983	424.00	2004	409.72
1963	35.09	1984	361.00	2005	444.74
1964	35.10	1985	317.00	2006	603.46
1965	35.12	1986	368.00	2007	695.39
1966	35.13	1987	447.00	2008	871.96
1967	34.95	1988	437.00	2009	1087.50
1968	39.31	1989	381.00	2010	1420.25
1969	41.28	1990	383.51	2011	1650.00
1970	36.02	1991	362.11
1971	40.62	1992	343.82

Think of it as a Puzzle

Studying historical gold prices should be fun, not a tedious analysis of heaps of dry data. Be a detective looking for clues. Here are a few hints:

• Go back no further than 1972. Gold prices from the era of the gold standard have absolutely no bearing on those under the current fiat money system.
• Relate the raw data to a meaningful standard. Most inflation adjusted data took a sharp departure from reality in the 1980s, when the government began fudging the figures to fuel the credit bubble. It makes a lot more sense to think in terms of purchasing power even your own unscientific gut feel.
• Ignore the flukes. Of those, the bubble of 1980 is the bears favorite for proving their point. But flukes are just red herrings.
• Put the data into a realistic context. Like saving, gold investing is an ongoing process, not an event. Think in terms of periodic purchases over an extended period of time, not the returns for any single year.
• Pay special attention to trend shifts. Most economic shocks are transitory, short-term interruptions in the price of gold before they return to the trend. When there is a significant alteration of the gold price trend, look for permanent underlying shifts in socio-economic conditions.

Practice Thinking for Yourself

When you are just starting to look at historical gold prices, it pays to get a little guidance from the experts. GoldPrice.net has assembled a professional staff of gold specialists to answer your questions and has compiled a variety of free literature that’s yours for the asking. But your goal should be to form your own ideas and opinions, because that is how you build confidence and intuition.

Before you know it, you will have acquired a sound understanding of historic gold prices, and you will be well on your way to becoming your own gold expert