John D. Staszak, CFA

Salt Analyst: Discretionary and Consumer Consumer Products

The specialty of John in Argus includes the groups of games, accommodation and restaurants within the consumer discretion sector. John obtained an MBA at Texas University 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 companies such as Standard & Poor’s, New York Bank, Harris Nesbitt Gerard and Merrill Lynch. John is a CFA Charter. Forbes Magazine named John as the second best stock selector among restaurant analysts in 2006. The second best analyst of the restaurant sector for the Wall Street Journal was also ranked in 2007, a year in which a financial/startmine survey also classified John in this way. In 2008, the magazine re -listed John as a prize winner, with a third best designation among hotel industry analysts and a fifth best designation among restaurant analysts.