Analyst profile
John D. Staszak, CFA
Securities Analyst: Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples
John’s specialty at Argus includes the gaming, lodging and restaurant groups within the consumer discretionary sector. John earned an MBA from the University of Texas and a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. In the financial services industry, he has worked as an analyst and consultant for companies such as Standard & Poor’s, the Bank of New York, Harris Nesbitt Gerard and Merrill Lynch. John is a CFA charterholder. Forbes magazine named John the second-best stock picker among restaurant analysts in 2006. He was also ranked as the second-best restaurant industry analyst by the Wall Street Journal in 2007, a year in which a Financial Times/StarMine survey also ranked Johannes similarly. In 2008, the Journal again listed John as an award winner, with a third-best designation among hotel analysts and a fifth-best designation among restaurant analysts.