This page shares the students’ thoughts on various investment trends. Many of these trends are drivers for individual stocks or groups of stocks.
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Kathleen Gallagher, former author of investment trend pieces and Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, edits the students’ work. Kathleen is Executive Director of Milwaukee Institute and Executive in Residence in Investment Communications at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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Author: Kody Babler
September 22, 2017
Before Japan was ready to deal, Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) had already sat down at the table. Since 2012, the world leading developer and operator of integrated resorts has been targeting the island nation to as part of its global growth strategy.
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Late last year, Japan legalized casinos, and is in the process of determining the rules surrounding the new legislation. With a strong history of success both domestically and internationally, Las Vegas Sands is poised to continue growing globally.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Japanese government recently announced, in early August, the preliminary outline of regulations for casino resorts (IR). Restrictions will restrict how often Japanese nationals are able to visit the resorts, the implementation of identification cards tagged to the player’s social-security number, and would force gamers to pay for chips only in cash. While the subconcession rules continue to be developed, reports suggest that casino operators may be limited to a rather small 15,000 square meter floor.