John D. Staszak, CFA
Values analyst
John’s specialty in Argus includes groups, accommodation and restaurants in the discretionary consumer sector. John obtained an MBA from the University of Texas and a BA in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. In the financial services sector, he worked as an analyst and consultant for companies including Standard & Poor’s, the Bank of New York, Harris Nesbitt Gerard and Merrill Lynch. John is a CFA charter. Forbes magazine appointed John as the second best actions picker among restaurant analysts in 2006. It was also classified the second best analyst covering the restaurant sector by the Wall Street Journal in 2007, a year in which a Times / Starmine financial survey also ranked John in the same way. In 2008, the newspaper again listed John as a prize winner, with a third best designation among analysts in the hotel industry and a fifth best designation among restaurant analysts.
