Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> March 3, 2003
DAVID W. ANDERS is employed at Merrill Lynch as a First Vice
President covering the lodging and gaming sectors. Prior to this,
he was employed by Credit Suisse First Boston for just over three
years, where he covered gaming, lodging and leisure companies.
Mr. Anders started his career with Montgomery Securities in 1992.
He earned a Master of Science degree in Finance from the
University of Wisconsin, where he was a member of the Applied
Securities Analysis Program. For the last five years
Institutional Investor magazine has ranked Mr. Anders as one of
the top gaming and lodging analysts. He has been widely quoted in
many other trade publications. Additionally, Mr. Anders has
appeared on CNBC, CNNfn and Bloomberg Television. Profile
Mr. Anders: For 2002 it's a tale of two halves. Obviously, the
first half started off out strongly for most consumer cyclical
stocks, with
