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.
Carla Pasternakon
Analyst Articles
They’re the creme de la creme of the income universe. Each one has increased its dividend every year for at least two decades… some sport track records with more than 50 years of consecutive dividend increases. All told,… Read More
And what you need to know about UTG's rights offering. Read More
It’s a $632 billion industry with more than 970,000 locations in the United States. This industry employs 12.9 million workers, making it one of the largest private-sector employers on Earth. Daily sales approach $2 billion with a continually growing active demographic. Yet interestingly enough, this sector is… Read More
Last week, I told you about a major opportunity in the emerging markets. Despite steadily growing their contributions to the global economy during the past five years, stock markets of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and… Read More
Here at StreetAuthority, we don’t talk about Chinese stocks very much. They’ve proven too risky, and more than a few have blown up in the face of major accounting scandals. In short, the risk usually seems to outweigh the reward when it comes to… Read More
Like many veteran investors, dividend-paying stocks have always been a staple of my investing strategy. Dividends have represented more than 50% of the total market return since 1926, according to BNY Mellon… Read More
In 2012, with interest rates at record lows, the savings accounts of old just don’t make sense. That’s especially true if you’re going to rely on them as income when you get older. That’s where “dividend aristocrats” come in. To earn this… Read More
Back in April, when natural gas prices jumped from a multi-year low of $1.98 per MMBtu to May’s high of $2.82, a lot of traders chalked the 42% gain up as a temporary dead-cat bounce. Sure enough, natural gas prices fell back to $2.23 per MMBtu by… Read More
Have you ever heard of the Palmer Z Index? Me neither. But it’s something we’ll be hearing a lot about in coming weeks and months. This measure, compiled by the National Climatic Data Center, is a measure of soil moisture. And by the looks of things, dozens of… Read More
On July 19, I told you about one of the biggest opportunities in commodities since 1997. If you missed my analysis, the point was simple: Aluminum hasn’t been this attractively priced in more than 15 years. But aluminum’s depressed price levels aren’t the only… Read More
