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Bling for your portfolio

Diamonds still aren’t exactly an “asset class in their own right,” but over the past year it’s gotten easier to invest in them, said Tara Loader Wilkinson in The Wall Street Journal. Last January, Dutch bank ABN Amro opened an online diamond exchange, and several diamond-related investment funds have sprung up over the past year. Most of the funds are geared toward high-net-worth investors who are looking for more tangible assets. The London-based Dazzling Capital has a comparatively low minimum investment of 10,000 pounds (about $16,700) for its portfolio, which specializes in period jewelry. Yet experts caution that diamonds, like art, really should be bought for enjoyment, not investment. Moreover, it may make more sense for investors to buy diamonds directly—among other reasons because that way “they get to wear the jewelry when they want.”

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