Carla Pasternak is a leading income investing expert, serving as Director of Income Research for High-Yield Investing and Dividend Opportunities. Together, these newsletters put her expertise in the hands of more than 200,000 subscribers each month.
A highly successful income investment analyst, Carla has excelled in the industry for almost three decades. In addition to her work as a writer for several nationally recognized financial publishers, her previous experience includes a position as the Investment Relations Manager of Aberford Resources (now Talisman Energy), where she produced prize-winning annual reports and shareholder communications. It was this in-depth experience in the high-yield Canadian energy sector that began to attract Dr. Pasternak to income investing.
Later, Carla founded Canada Corporate Communications, which was responsible for writing, designing, and producing shareholder reports for companies in Canada. The company handled upwards of 50 clients per year at its peak, including many of the most popular Canadian trusts.
For over 20 years Dr. Pasternak also taught several courses in the Bissett School of Business at Mount Royal University in Calgary.
On the educational front, Carla holds an MBA from the University of Calgary and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. When not watching the market, she enjoys outdoors activities, including hiking, kayaking, and horseback riding.
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Analyst Articles
If this article were a movie, then it would be rated “M” for mature. This investment isn’t for the faint of heart. But if you can stomach a little volatility in search of higher yields, then I would be remiss if I didn’t bring your attention to… Read More
With each passing month, the challenges seem to build for major banks. Their commercial customers are not looking to take out big loans and their consumer business isn’t looking so hot either. Regulators have started to curtail certain fees, limiting debit-card transaction charges, for example. In response,… Read More
If you’re an American consumer with small children, the chances of interacting with something made by toy giant Mattel (Nasdaq: MAT) are probably no less than 99.999998%. Whether you’re always stepping on the cold, die-cast metal of a Hot Wheels car your son always manages to leave out in the… Read More
In a challenging market, investors seek out reasons to sell holdings just as often as they search for new stocks to buy. Of course, it’s not a decision made in a vacuum. Your buy and sell decisions are often influenced by what others might be doing. Good stock picking (and… Read More
The retail industry can be extremely competitive. It’s easy for rivals to swoop in and copy the strategies of a successful retailer — just think of what Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) did to K-Mart by copying its low-cost approach and adding sophisticated information technology and… Read More
Until recently, the long-term outlook for Norway’s energy future had been rather bleak. Its North Sea oil fields had declined rapidly from the glory days of previous decades. But all of that recently changed with Norway’s largest oil field discovery since the 1980s. And one Norwegian company,… Read More
There’s plenty of fear on Wall Street these days. One of the main fears is that the economy is heading for recession, which would imply there’s no reason to find stocks appealing right now. But this fear… Read More
A real conundrum has emerged in the stock market: it’s become quite easy to find undervalued stocks, but when you have too many to choose from, it’s hard to see which choice will be the first to rise or has the greatest upside relative to the hundreds of other stocks… Read More
He is the richest person in modern history. Warren Buffett? At his peak, Buffett’s wealth is less than one-fifth this man’s fortune. Bill Gates doesn’t even come close. Neither does Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) founder Sam Walton or telecom… Read More
The end is near. That is to say, the deepening European crisis is coming to head. And when policy makers finally devise an effective strategy to tackle the banking mess in Southern Europe, the never-ending market selloff in Europe will likely come to an end. This is… Read More
