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The 200-Day Held: Now Comes the Test That Decides Whether the Bounce is a Reversal
Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 3 broke a five-week decline for both gold and silver. Gold posted its first weekly gain since late May and silver led the recovery with a much larger move. The trigger was a weaker-than-expected US jobs report, which reset rate-hike expectations and pushed the dollar to its largest weekly decline since April. Layered underneath were two other significant developments: the release of the World Gold Council’s Mid-Year Outlook on Tuesday July 1 (covered in
The 200-Day Held: Now Comes the Test That Decides Whether the Bounce is a Reversal
Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 3 broke a five-week decline for both gold and silver. Gold posted its first weekly gain since late May and silver led the recovery with a much larger move. The trigger was a weaker-than-expected US jobs report, which reset rate-hike expectations and pushed the dollar to its largest weekly decline since April. Layered underneath were two other significant developments: the release of the World Gold Council’s Mid-Year Outlook on Tuesday July 1 (covered in
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CIBJO Releases Diamond Special Report
Milan: With fewer than seven weeks to go to the opening of the 2019 CIBJO Congress in Manama, Bahrain, on November 18, 2019, the fourth of the CIBJO commissions’ Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Diamond Commission, headed by Udi Sheintal, the report focuses predominantly on what it refers to as the “faultline” between diamonds mined in nature and man-made
Need for Transparency in Diamond Transactions
Dubai: The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) Presidents Meeting after a special session on blockchain technology and supply source traceability has decided to take further steps on the need for increased transparency in diamond transactions. The decision came after a debate on the conclusions of a panel on traceability, provenance and blockchain technology which included De Beers Group’s Feriel
De Beers Progresses in Women Entrepreneur Training
On the second anniversary of becoming a HeForShe Thematic Champion and partnering with UN Women, De Beers Group announced that more than 700 women micro-entrepreneurs in Namibia and South Africa have successfully completed their training. The Accelerating Women Owned Micro-Enterprises (AWOME) programme has also recently launched in Botswana, creating even more opportunities for women micro-entrepreneurs to participate. Part of De
IDE Continues Natural Diamonds Campaign
Ramat Gan: The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) is continuing its “We Love Natural Diamonds” international campaign in collaboration with the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB). Today IDE’s third video in the series was presented at the World Federation of Diamond Bourses Presidents Meeting in Dubai by WFDB President Ernie Blom, who cited IDE’s campaign as a model to be
CIBJO Releases Diamond Special Report
Milan: With fewer than seven weeks to go to the opening of the 2019 CIBJO Congress in Manama, Bahrain, on November 18, 2019, the fourth of the CIBJO commissions’ Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Diamond Commission, headed by Udi Sheintal, the report focuses predominantly on what it refers to as the “faultline” between diamonds mined in nature and man-made
Need for Transparency in Diamond Transactions
Dubai: The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) Presidents Meeting after a special session on blockchain technology and supply source traceability has decided to take further steps on the need for increased transparency in diamond transactions. The decision came after a debate on the conclusions of a panel on traceability, provenance and blockchain technology which included De Beers Group’s Feriel
De Beers Progresses in Women Entrepreneur Training
On the second anniversary of becoming a HeForShe Thematic Champion and partnering with UN Women, De Beers Group announced that more than 700 women micro-entrepreneurs in Namibia and South Africa have successfully completed their training. The Accelerating Women Owned Micro-Enterprises (AWOME) programme has also recently launched in Botswana, creating even more opportunities for women micro-entrepreneurs to participate. Part of De
IDE Continues Natural Diamonds Campaign
Ramat Gan: The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) is continuing its “We Love Natural Diamonds” international campaign in collaboration with the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB). Today IDE’s third video in the series was presented at the World Federation of Diamond Bourses Presidents Meeting in Dubai by WFDB President Ernie Blom, who cited IDE’s campaign as a model to be
