John D. Staszak, CFA

Securities Analyst: Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples

John’s specialty at Argus includes the gaming, accommodation 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 sector, 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 holder. Forbes magazine named John the second best stock picker among restaurant analysts in 2006. He was also ranked the second best analyst covering the restaurant industry by the Wall Street Journal in 2007, a year in which a survey from the Financial Times/StarMine also ranked. John in the same way. In 2008, the Journal again listed John as an award winner, with a third-best designation among hotel industry analysts and a fifth-best designation among restaurant analysts.