【 以下文字转载自 Pharmaceutical 讨论区 】 发信人: tonys (基因决定人生), 信区: Pharmaceutical 标 题: Glory Days of Big Pharma Won't Be Coming Back (soon) 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Mar 8 21:53:59 2010, 美东) http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10007022/pharma-layoff-stats-show-the-glory-days-of-drugs-wont-be-coming-back/ Think our sector is not the worst sector? Well, think again! In 2010 Big Pharma lay off more people than any other sectors (Automotive/ Retail/Telecom) and hire less than any other sectors. Job seeker have to unde
When the 20th Anniversary 2006 RP AGE was available, there were just 10,000 minted. That's the Mint actually creating rarity. With this new AGB RP it will be much higher, especially with the wholesale dealers and TPG looking to cash in off awarding themselves meaningless designations on labels and perfect grades to ensure overpriced aftermarket markups. Mint-to-demand, will ensure mintages well above 10k for this coin. When the 2006 AGB released it was about $800, from the Mint, which includes their hefty numismatic premium mark up. Gold spot is now in decline after a few years of excessively over priced panic buying charged it up, but it's less than 10 years since the AGB coin lauched and these new collector coins will sell for double the 2006 retail price. The really hot AGBs, the 2008 fractionals are behind us and have secured their value since the Mint doesn' t mint them anymore. Now you're offered a coin that is using the same gimmick to sell pricey bullion, the Reverse Proof, a thing which is quickly becoming a less and less special "effect" applied to a coin, AND which is now done with a lesser quality technique of laser etching, a rather crude surface treatment compared to the actually well defined proofs struck on these coins in the first few years before the Mint shifted gears for capitalizing on profit at the expense of quality. As with most US Mint releases, your future value lies in an arbitrary labeling system generated outside the Mint by the major TPGs hawking Early Release and First Strike nonsense with subjectively "perfect" grade 70 coins . From there, how convinced are the public at buying into these schemes will show you what these are "worth".