I entered the Jewellery Trade in 1972 & worked for an amazing professional for almost 15 years before starting to specialise in Valuation & insurance work, finally retiring in 2015.
In all that time I never felt ashamed of my trade, through Gold booms & crashes, silver booms & crashes & The Blood Diamond debacle.
That is until 2016. On my web page & Business Facebook page I never indulged in Political posts or Religious posts as my clients political, Religious & yes, even sexual orientation was their business & nothing to do with me or our love of beautiful things.
During my long career as a Valuer, both Corporate & Independent I used many sources for my information, even the overly complicated Rapaport list, I even listened to Martin Rapaport at a conference a few years ago & was impressed with his enthusiasm & energy.
Today however I am disgusted by the reports coming out that a Victory for a Racist, Sexist, Homophobic, overgrown child in the US elections is "good" for the jewellery trade. These reports are coming from none other than Martin Rapaprt himself, and I quote, "The diamond and jewellery trade will benefit as the new policies create a more prosperous middle class and greater numbers of wealthy consumers. Global uncertainty will also increase demand for investment diamonds as a store of wealth"
How any anyone can crow that this victory is anything but a nightmare for the world but is great for the diamond trade is disgraceful & disingenuous.
Rant Over.
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