Carla Pasternak draws on a variety of financial backgrounds to make profitable calls on income-generating stocks for her readers.

Carla has been employed in the investment industry for more than two decades. In addition to her work as a writer for several other nationally recognized financial publishers, her previous experience includes a position as President of a well-respected investor relations firm. She has also been writing shareholder reports for public companies (annual reports, speeches, corporate profiles, slide shows, etc.) since 1980.

A highly successful investment analyst, Carla specializes in high-yield, income-paying stocks. In that pursuit, she's always mindful to select companies that not only pay rich dividends, but that also have the potential to deliver strong long-term capital gains.

On the educational front, Carla holds both MBA and Ph.D. degrees. When she's not watching the market, she's teaching business courses at the college level and managing several million dollars in portfolio assets.

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