Pricing Fundamentals
A beginner's introduction to how diamond prices are formed, referenced, and read.
This course covers the fundamentals of diamond pricing: which characteristics drive value, how the industry's standard reference sheet works, and how to read the market signals that move prices day to day.
By the end you will be able to interpret a Rapaport price sheet, understand discounts and premiums, and recognize the signals that indicate where a category is heading. These concepts are the vocabulary behind every recommendation and chart in Stone Insights.
Lessons
- What Affects Diamond Price — The four Cs, how they interact, and the factors beyond them that move price.
- Reading Rapaport — How the standard reference price sheet is structured and how to read it.
- Market Cycles and Signals — What drives price movements and which signals are worth tracking.