John D. Staszak, CFA

Securities Analyst: Consumer Discretionary & Consumer Staples

John’s specialty at Argus includes the gaming, lodging and restaurant groups inside the Consumer Discretionary sector. John earned an MBA from the University of Texas and a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Within the financial services industry, he has worked as an analyst and consultant for firms including Standard & Poor’s, the Bank of Recent York, Harris Nesbitt Gerard and Merrill Lynch. John is a CFA charterholder. Forbes magazine named John because the second-best stock picker amongst restaurant analysts in 2006. He was also ranked the second-best analyst covering the restaurant sector by the Wall Street Journal in 2007, a yr wherein a Financial Times/StarMine survey also ranked John that very same way. In 2008, the Journal again listed John as an award winner, with a third-best designation amongst hotel industry analysts and a fifth-best designation amongst restaurant analysts.