The Global Diamond Broker The Hard Truth Diamond Podcast
The Global Diamond Broker The Hard Truth Diamond Podcast takes you backstage into one of the world’s oldest and most enduring industries to literally pull back the veil of secrecy and misrepresentation and completely demystify for listeners the secretive and until now exclusionary world of diamonds. Brought to you by The Global Diamond Broker.
The Global Diamond Broker The Hard Truth Diamond Podcast
Episode #156 The Only Return Is Beauty
🎙️ The Hard Truth Diamond Podcast – Episode #156
“The Only Return Is Beauty”
Episode Overview
It’s Colin back with you—and guess who’s back too? Grace. Together we dig into the biggest stories shaking up the diamond world. De Beers is bleeding hundreds of millions, lab-grown has completely flipped the industry on its head, and the old retail myths about “investment value” in white diamonds? They’re dead.
For 43 years I’ve been saying it: the only return on a diamond is beauty. That’s it. That’s the truth nobody in the industry wants you to hear—but you need to know.
This episode cuts through the noise and gets right to the facts: what diamonds really mean for women, what they mean for men, and why beauty is the only thing that lasts a lifetime.
What We Talk About
- De Beers’ $245M loss (and why the real number’s probably much worse).
- How lab-grown diamonds blew the lid off the industry.
- Why “resale value” and “investment value” in white diamonds is a con.
- What women really want in a diamond vs. what men think they’re buying.
- Why the GIA and FTC now both say: a diamond is a diamond.
- Price transparency and why paying retail is officially over.
A Few Truths Worth Repeating
- “The only return on a diamond is beauty—over a lifetime, that’s what matters.”
- “For her, it’s love. For him, it’s business. But in the end, it’s about owning something beautiful forever.”
- “Whether it comes from a lab or a mine, a diamond is a diamond. The material is the same.”
The Bottom Line
The diamond industry has hit a crossroads. Mines are closing, De Beers is dumping stock, and lab-grown has rewritten the rules. The old myths are gone. Today, it’s simple: buy the most beautiful diamond at the best price—and own it for life.
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