Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> November 25, 2002
LAWRENCE KLATZKIN is a Managing Director in the Equity Research
Department of Jefferies & Company, Inc., covering gaming and leisure
companies. He originally joined Jefferies' High Yield Research
Department in 1998 to cover gaming-related companies and continues to
maintain coverage on a number of high yield credits. Mr. Klatzkin has
over 21 years of equity and high yield research experience and has
specialized in the casino sector for the last 17 years. He joined
Jefferies from Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette, where he was a Vice President
and Gaming Analyst in the High Yield Research Department. Prior to
working for DLJ, Mr. Klatzkin worked at Salomon Brothers, Prudential
Securities, Shearson Lehman Brothers and Smith Barney. In the past, Mr.
Klatzkin has been ranked in the Institutional Investor annual fixed
income analyst poll five years, two of which he was ranked number one.
In addition, he was awarded second place in the Gaming Industry Observer
'Excellence in Analysis' awards in both 1999 and 2000. He also authors a
regular column on industry-related articles for Global Gaming Business
magazine. Mr. Klatzkin received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania
in 1979 and an MBA in Finance from New York University Graduate School
of Business in 1982. Profile
What were the high spots and low spots for the industry?
Mr. Klatzkin: At this point in time I think the high spot was
actually
