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
Yield-starved investors are wondering where they can capture high yields when a savings account pays 0.5%. A certificate of deposit (CD)? A 1-year CD pays 1.2%, according to BankRate.com. That doesn’t even keep up with… Read More
If the past decade was one for the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China), then is this the decade of the CIVETS (Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa)? That was a notion I explored last summer in this article. Now, it’s time to take a… Read More
Pacific Life Insurance Co., better known to investors as PIMCO, was co-founded by Bill Gross back in 1971 and has grown into one of the largest and most well-respected bond managers in the world. As of the end of March, it managed nearly $1.3… Read More
If you want to gauge the current interest in initial public offerings (IPOs), then you simply need to look at the stock chart of social media firm LinkedIn (Nasdaq: LNKD). Right now, its stock is scorching hot, as investors seek out business models that possess robust growth prospects. Judging… Read More
Denver-based Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) started as a single restaurant in 1993. Today, it is a burrito mega-chain, with nearly 1,100 restaurants across the United States. During this time, the company’s stock price has risen almost as spectacularly as its growth in store locations. In 2006,… Read More
Earnings growth is slowing across many industries. Companies are struggling since there aren’t many costs left to cut, and the clear headwinds of a still-weak economy persist. Yet for a select group of companies, business is booming. These companies are on track to… Read More
Are you looking for stocks with great growth prospects? A good place to begin your search is with companies that are splitting their stock. When a company’s outlook is improving and the share price is climbing, management often uses stock splits to lower the price and make… Read More
I’ve heard an oft-repeated sentiment from colleagues throughout my two decade investment career: “If it’s not timely, it’s not worth my time.” I love that. While many of these folks are buying and selling stocks they think will make an imminent move, they are ignoring the vast universe of stocks… Read More
Let’s be frank, right now isn’t an easy time to buy stocks. And I wouldn’t tell you otherwise. According to the U.S. Debt Clock (view the debt clock online here), one of the most widely cited tools to measure our nation’s ballooning… Read More
In this two-part cancer stocks series, I’ll outline one of the latest developments in the arena and tell you my exclusive top five stock picks. Read More