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We can only imagine how difficult the past few months have been, and we hope you are able to enjoy the freedoms you have had to sacrifice these past few months with your friends, family and loved ones.

In this week’s update, we talk about the upcoming Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meeting, scheduled to take place next week, and why it will likely end up being a critically important one for Australian investors trying to build and protect wealth in the years ahead.

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Whilst the polls suggest Joe Biden and the Democratic Party will be victorious, betting markets are getting a little tighter, indicating there is some chance current US President Donald Trump will win a second term.

No matter who wins the election, investors will need to position their portfolios to protect and ideally grow wealth against a backdrop of several major trends that will play out in the years to come, irrespective of who ends up in the White House.

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Whilst rallies like this are always good for owners of financial assets, the question of when do you sell, or at the very least rebalance your portfolio will be at the forefront of many investors’ minds.

This is especially true as many indicators point to the rising risks in financial markets, and in the economy, with the latest data in Australia for example pointing out that Australians as a whole still have confidence levels that are as bad as they were in the GFC.

We are also seeing forecasts that up to 20% of households expect to reduce spending on many items in the month to come, as some government support measures like JobKeeper and JobSeeker are wound back.

In this week’s update, we look at trends in sales of luxury items, and recent auction news, all of which support the notion that pink diamonds are set for a strong period of outperformance in the years to come.

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Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get any stranger, last week the whole world found out that US President Donald Trump, his wife First Lady Melania Trump and a host of White House employees have all contracted COVID-19.

It only adds to the intrigue and confusion that has been building in the lead up to the US Presidential Election, which is due to take place in four weeks on Tuesday the 3rd November 2020.

Given markets hate uncertainty, there was no surprise that the news of Trump contracting COVID-19, as well as its re-emergence in Europe and other parts of North America was met with an original sell off in stock markets.

Irrespective of who ends up the White House, the bigger picture issue is that in time we will need to deal with the fact that the economic contraction caused by COVID-19 has no easy solution, with traditional investments like stocks and bonds likely to suffer in the years to come.

These trends all reinforce the investment case for pink diamonds, as we explore further in this note.
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This week’s market update looks at the latest news regarding the 2020 Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender, which is continuing to attract unprecedented investor interest around the world.

We remain convinced this will help spark the next leg higher in pink diamond prices, with now being the perfect time to reassess your investment portfolio, to make sure it’s appropriately positioned for the difficult years ahead.

For whilst Australia thankfully continues to make progress as regards a return to normalisation from the COVID-19 induced restrictions to people movement and economic activity, we face many difficult years ahead.

Lower growth, higher unemployment and higher public debt are all realities to contend with over the course of this decade, with these trends all helping to encourage investors into hard assets, including pink diamonds.

Argyle Diamond Tender sparks wave of buying!

It has only been four weeks since Rio Tinto unveiled its penultimate Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender. Titled “One Lifetime, One Encounter”, the dazzling range of 62 diamonds, which can be seen in the picture below, has helped spark a rush of buying interest.

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