Casino Stocks Have Lots of Downside

“A looming capacity expansion in hotel rooms and casino space, rising gas prices, an uptick in airfares, the possible peaking of the Las Vegas residential real-estate market, and the ongoing risk of global terrorism make the stocks of major casino operators good candidates for shorting.” — Steve Birenberg, StreetInsight.com, Long/Short Investor, 8/24/2005 OK, so I […]

New Development on Las Vegas Strip Creating Headwind for Casino Stocks

Casino stocks responded negatively to news earlier this week that Boyd Gaming (BYD) was closing its Stardust property on the Strip and would build a new $4 billion development that would contain several hotels, a casino and a convention center. Casino stocks have been strong recently, recovering their sharp losses from last summer when concerns […]