Analyst profile
john d. Staszak, CFA
Securities Analyst: Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Goods
John’s specialty at Argus includes gaming, lodging and restaurant groups within the consumer discretionary sector. John holds an MBA from the University of Texas and a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. In the financial services sector, he has worked as an analyst and consultant for companies including Standard & Poor’s, the Bank of New York, Harris Nesbitt-Girard, and Merrill Lynch. John is a CFA charter holder. Forbes magazine ranked John as the second-best stock picker among restaurant analysts in 2006. He was also named the second-best analyst covering the restaurant sector by The Wall Street Journal in 2007, a year in which a Financial Times/Starmine survey also ranked him . John is the same way. In 2008, the magazine again listed John as an award winner, with him receiving the third-best rating among hotel industry analysts and fifth-best rating among restaurant analysts.