In 2025, our writing focused on positioning fancy color diamonds—particularly top‑tier Pinks, Blues and Greens—as a disciplined wealth‑preservation tool within a broader, values‑driven investment framework. We paired quarterly FCRF market analysis with education on how colored diamonds behave through economic cycles, their long‑term growth prospects, and their role as a hard‑asset hedge against inflation and volatility. At the same time, we spoke directly to the Great Wealth Transfer—women, Millennials, and Gen X inheritors—highlighting how thoughtful asset management, charitable giving, and social‑impact investing can align family values with capital allocation. Throughout, we emphasized the advantages of working with us at FCD Invest as a specialized wealth‑preservation advisor and asset manager, practical timing and tax‑planning strategies for buying investment‑grade diamonds, and the growing cultural relevance of these assets through media features, industry events, and leadership platforms.

My favorite experiences this year included working with Dave Dias on The Voice of Reason, exploring Liberty University with Robert Dotson and Claudia Chan for the CEO Summit, and experiencing an incredibly impactful once-in-a-lifetime trip to Israel with our EVP Aleja Seabron and the Israeli Tech Mission.

Our firm completely redesigned our website. We launched our White Glove service package for our high-end clients. We also expanded our services to include facilitating Non-Cash Charitable Donation appraisals for fine art donations and due diligence services for individual transactions and corporate financing.

One of the things I am most grateful and humbled to share is that ALL of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas from Israel have been returned to their families. Our fight against antisemitism continues, but what a moment of relief to share and what  a hopeful way to start the new year - this year is the first time since 2014 that there are NO Israeli hostages in Gaza.

Fancy Pink Diamond outperformed all other major investment markets, including Dow Jones, and S&P. The highest performers were Pink Vivid Diamonds within the 1ct, 3ct, and 5ct categories.

Across 2025, the Fancy Color Diamond Index has told a remarkably consistent story: in a year of global volatility and broad diamond market softness, fine Pink and Blue diamonds have continued to behave like a discreet store of wealth rather than a trading asset. Quarterly movements have been measured—typically in fractional percent increments—and where there has been genuine strength, it has concentrated in exactly the diamonds serious collectors and family offices prize most: vivid and intense Pinks, Blues, and Green diamonds in desirable sizes. Even where the headline index has nudged lower, the underlying data shows that price adjustments have been contained, selective, and often offset by firm to rising prices in the top tiers of saturation and rarity, with long-term performance since 2005 still showing several hundred percent appreciation for Pinks and well over double for Blues relative to their base levels.

For a sophisticated investor, the signal is clear: capital in this niche is not fleeing, it is refining—rotating away from more generic categories and consolidating into the truly rare. Pink diamonds, in particular, have remained the most stable of the three primary colors, while Blue diamonds have reinforced their profile as a highly curated, investment-driven segment where large, vivid stones command enduring premiums. In other words, 2025 has not challenged the investment thesis for exceptional Pink and Blue diamonds; it has strengthened it. The market is powerfully rewarding discernment, and those positioned in top-saturation, best-in-class stones are precisely where the long-term value narrative continues to be written.

In 2025, our goals for last year were as follows:

1. Collaborate with other investment and wealth management professionals to produce content that will help our clients gain a broader investment perspective.

2. Continue efforts to fund humanitarian projects at scale, specifically in the fields of education, health, and mental health.

3. Educate our clients on the best ways to preserve, protect, maintain, and grow their wealth to pass down their legacy in the most cost-effective ways to their heirs.

4. Continue to assist individuals and families to invest in fancy color diamonds while they are available and while we are positioned with this unique access.

5. Global unequivocal condemnation of antisemitism.

We had a transformative year in 2025 and have enjoyed tackling our goals.

Rayah’s 2026 Vision and Goals

As we begin 2026, my focus remains on deepening the work at the intersection of wealth preservation, impact, and values-driven investing. This year, I’m expanding our educational initiatives and collaborations for clients and rising next‑generation stewards, enhancing institutional-grade due diligence around A‑rated fancy color diamonds and rare asset classes, and formalizing strategic alliances with trusted advisors and family offices.

At the same time, I’m committed to scaling our giving across education, health, and mental health—linking transactions directly to measurable impact. Through it all, I’ll continue using our platform to champion principled capital and stand firmly against antisemitism in all its forms.

Our 2026 priorities include:

1. Launching our Wealth Preservation & Legacy Series to share education and introduce new services.

   
   

2. Launching an institutional‑grade due diligence platform and expanding our service offerings.

   
   

3. Scaling impact‑driven giving to reach more measurable community impact.

   
   

4. Creating a Next Gen Stewardship Track—short courses and small-group sessions focused on wealth preservation, values, and hard assets as enduring stores of value.

   
   

5. Deepening collaborations with aligned professionals and family offices through co‑branded initiatives.

6. Continuing to use our collective voice to promote principled, values‑based capital—and to support communities affected by conflict and trauma.

We’re deeply grateful to be entering this new year with you. If there are specific topics or articles you’d like me to address in upcoming newsletters, I’d welcome your input.

Here’s to a purposeful, principled, and impactful 2026.

Please email FCD Invest at info@fcdinvest.diamonds to discuss your personalized long-term investment strategy. 

For more information on Fancy Color Diamonds as an investment, please visit our Fancy Color Diamond information page linked here.