Analyst Profile
John D. Staszak, CFA
Securities Analyst: Discretionary Consumption and Basic Consumption
John’s specialty at Argus includes gaming, accommodation and restaurant groups within the Consumer Discretionary sector. John earned an MBA from the University of Texas and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. In the financial services industry, he has worked as an analyst and consultant for firms such as Standard & Poor’s, the Bank of New York, Harris Nesbitt Gerard and Merrill Lynch. John is a CFA holder. John was named the second-best stock picker among restaurant analysts by Forbes magazine in 2006. He was also ranked the second-best analyst covering the restaurant sector by the Wall Street Journal in 2007, a year in which a survey Financial Times/StarMine also ranked Juan the same way. In 2008, the Journal again listed John as an award winner, with the third-best designation among hospitality industry analysts and the fifth-best designation among restaurant analysts.