Global Gaming and Casinos Industry Specialist, Casino Business Review LLC

Howard J Klein

Global Gaming and Casinos Industry Specialist

Casino Business Review LLC

Extensive experience in marketing and development in the Asian gaming market

Global Gaming and Casinos Industry

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Initial positive study by legislative group completed in 2021. Regulatory follow up could move faster than generally believed igniting a process for market leaders in Asia.</li>
<li>Initial study recommended Bangkok and 22 regional, smaller scale properties including world famous resort area Phuket.</li>
<li>Baseline tourism to Thailand in 2019 rated as the 5th largest on the globe.</li>
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Initial positive study by legislative group completed in 2021. Regulatory follow up could move faster than generally believed igniting a process for market leaders in Asia.
Initial study recommended Bangkok and 22 regional, smaller scale properties including world famous resort area Phuket.
Baseline tourism to Thailand in 2019 rated as the 5th largest on the globe.


Thailand Casinos: A Game Changer in Early Stages that Could Move Faster than Believed at This Point

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

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MGM Resorts International / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>MGM Resorts International had a solid first quarter financial performance in 2023.</li><li>Its all-around beat was led by a strong Las Vegas quarter and a considerable rebound at its MGM China.</li><li>The company also improved its property and remodeled the casino floors at both MGM Macau and MGM Cotai to focus on mass and premium mass.</li></ul>

MGM Resorts International had a solid first quarter financial performance in 2023.Its all-around beat was led by a strong Las Vegas quarter and a considerable rebound at its MGM China.The company also improved its property and remodeled the casino floors at both MGM Macau and MGM Cotai to focus on mass and premium mass.

MGM Resorts International: Acquisition Of Push Gaming & Other Drivers

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>We still recommend a tactical overweight to defensives (Staples, Utilities, Healthcare, and gold miners) as the SPX tests our 4165-4200 resistance range, and also resistance from the prior 1.5-month uptrend.</li>
<li>As we await Wednesdays FOMC announcement, the DJIA and Nasdaq Composite are testing 1-year resistances at 34,280 and 12,300, the DXY appears to be inflecting higher, and breadth remains weak.</li>
<li>While we still see a reach to 4300-4325 as possible, we believe playing for more upside is akin to picking up pennies in front of a steamroller.</li>
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We still recommend a tactical overweight to defensives (Staples, Utilities, Healthcare, and gold miners) as the SPX tests our 4165-4200 resistance range, and also resistance from the prior 1.5-month uptrend.
As we await Wednesdays FOMC announcement, the DJIA and Nasdaq Composite are testing 1-year resistances at 34,280 and 12,300, the DXY appears to be inflecting higher, and breadth remains weak.
While we still see a reach to 4300-4325 as possible, we believe playing for more upside is akin to picking up pennies in front of a steamroller.


S&P 500 Testing 4165-4200, DJIA Testing 34,280, Nasdaq Composite Testing 12,300; Stay Defensive

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/genting-bhd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14210:1" rel="noopener">Genting Bhd (GENT MK)</a>'s implied stub and the simple ratio (GENT / <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/genting-singapore-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:439:1" rel="noopener">Genting Singapore (GENS SP)</a>) are at multi-year lows.</li>
<li>Preceding my comments on Genting are the weekly setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.</li>
<li>These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity of US$1mn, and a % market capitalisation &gt;20%.</li>
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Genting Bhd (GENT MK)'s implied stub and the simple ratio (GENT / Genting Singapore (GENS SP)) are at multi-year lows.
Preceding my comments on Genting are the weekly setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.
These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity of US$1mn, and a % market capitalisation &gt;20%.


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<li>What may appear duplicative asset segment in MGM actually spreads risk and improves overall margin of safety for both stocks.</li>
<li>MGM China is a pure Macau play while MGM Resorts International is a strong bet on global reach of its gaming properties.</li>
<li>Buying both is insurance against a possible recession downside because of the geographically and demographically diverse customer bases of both enities.</li>
</ul>


What may appear duplicative asset segment in MGM actually spreads risk and improves overall margin of safety for both stocks.
MGM China is a pure Macau play while MGM Resorts International is a strong bet on global reach of its gaming properties.
Buying both is insurance against a possible recession downside because of the geographically and demographically diverse customer bases of both enities.


MGM China and Its US Parent Bought Together Maximizes Potential Returns on Covid Endgames

United States

MGM Resorts International operates gaming, hospitality and entertainment resorts.  The Company owns properties in Nevada, Mississippi and Michigan in the United States; and owns interests in properties in Nevada and Illinois in the United States, and Macau. MGM Resorts also offers hospitality management services for casino and non-casino properties around the world.

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MGM Resorts International (MGM US)

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