He is one of the country's leading financial analysts.  He is an expert on the national economy and a recognized authority on investments.  His background in economics is extensive: formerly the Chief Investment Officer for an insurance holding company as well as Research Director of a major stock brokerage firm.
 
He helped found and served as a Director/Advisor to a successful venture capital fund and is also a founder and past director of a small business commercial bank, The Bank of Maryland which eventually became part of BB&T Corp, a $44 billion bank holding company.
 
He is the author of four books, one of which: "Finding The Next Superstock" went through eight printings and sold more than 95,000 copies.  This book sets forth a blue-print for finding the Wal-Mart's and Microsoft's of the future.
 
Mr. Cappiello has been a faculty member at Johns Hopkins University and is currently Distinguished Visiting Professor of Finance at Loyola College in Maryland.
 
Frank Cappiello is best known to television viewers as a regular panelist of the PBS television series "Wall $treet Week With Louis Rukeyser".  This nationally telecasted program was shown weekly on 250 stations with a viewing audience of nearly 3 million people.  A panelist for 32 years, he was on the first show in November 1970 and on the last show, March 22, 2002.  He is now a regular panelist on Mr. Rukeyser's successor show:  "Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street" airing weekly on CNBC Fridays at 8:30 p.m.  He has been a frequent guest on the ABC network television program, "Good Morning, America" as well as CNN's "Money Line", CNN Financial's "Market Sweep", and CNBC. 
 
He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Harvard University's Graduate School of Business Administration. 
 
Mr. Cappiello served in the Marine Corps as a Lieutenant in an automatic weapons battalion.  He is a recipient of the Navy Combat Ribbon.