

Now Harebottle wants to bring the same game to rubies. Take regular emeralds: their value has appreciated 1,000 percent in five years as Harebottle’s Gemfields Plc and peers expanded mines, while marketing campaigns fronted by Hollywood star Mila Kunis gave demand a boost. Sadly, we are never given the salacious details of Ruby’s pricing, but modern market science allows us to infer that a little bit of liquidity, if you know what I mean, helps a lot:įor colored stones, prices often increase with supply as jewelers acquire enough stock to justify marketing the gems to customers.

We are told that it is it is hard to find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Yields on benchmark government two-year bonds rose 5 basis points to 0.63 percent, the third straight increase. Today’s retail figures showed gains in every major category, from a 5.6 percent increase at general merchandise stores to 0.9 percent at automobile dealers.Ĭanada’s currency climbed as much as 0.8 percent to C$1.2088 per U.S. Price gains showed up in everything from text messages to fresh meat to cars.Ĭonsumer spending fueled by low interest rates has been among the biggest sources of growth since a recession that started at the end of 2008, with manufacturing and business investment curtailed by weak global demand. Core consumer prices rose 2.4 percent in March from a year earlier, the most since December 2008, and February retail sales climbed 1.7 percent, Statistics Canada said Friday from Ottawa.
