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
I know it’s tempting… But sometimes, as an income investor, when you see a stock yielding 8%, 10%, 11% or even more — it pays to hold off on pulling the trigger with that buy order. The good news is that sometimes all it takes is a little homework, including… Read More
Take a look at this amazing chart of a security with a 14% yield and shares that rose more than 40% in less than four months. This security is not… Read More
The average IPO is up 23.1% year-to-date… Looking at the headlines, you wouldn’t know it. Newly listed tech stocks, such as Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), Groupon (Nasdaq: GRPN), and Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) have grabbed the attention recently.#-ad_banner-# But… Read More
I doubt you’ve ever heard of Howard Silverblatt. Mr. Silverblatt is a senior analyst at Standard and Poor’s. He covers a lot of topics when it comes to his work at S&P, but what’s made him a hot commodity for reporters (and why I like to… Read More
Some people built their fortunes by reinvesting dividends. My mother was one of them. For example, she parlayed a $2,500 investment in Bristol Myers (NYSE: BMY) into $65,000 simply by reinvesting dividends into shares of the company over some 30 years. Read More
Think of where you’d be right now if you’d made this move 10 years ago.#-ad_banner-# The S&P 500 has returned 92% during that time (a 7% average annual gain). Meanwhile, Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE: PBT) is up 575% during the same… Read More
You’ve likely heard of this valuation method countless times: The price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio that analysts use to compare a stock’s current share price to its per-share earnings. By this measure, stocks may… Read More
This is not your grandmother’s market. You can’t invest in blue chips like Procter and Gamble (NYSE: PG) or Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and expect to receive the same dividend yields of 5%… Read More
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
They are masterpieces of the income investment universe. Each one is specially designed to throw off secure income, steadily grow distributions and bring above-average returns. #-ad_banner-#They’re master limited partnerships (MLPs). In the past 10 years, MLPs have been on a tear. Magellan Midstream Partners (NYSE: MMP), MarkWest Energy Partners (NYSE:… Read More
