Frank Mastrapasqua, Ph.D.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mauro Mastrapasqua
Chief Operating Officer

 
 
Frank Mastrapasqua, Ph.D.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
  
EDUCATION
Ph.D., New York University
M.B.A., New York University         Print Frank's Bio (PDF)
B.S., Fairfield University

Frank began his career in academia serving as chairman and professor of economics and finance for the University of Houston and as adjunct professor for New York University’s Graduate School of Business. He quickly moved to Wall Street spending most of his career as the chief economist and portfolio investment strategist for leading New York investment companies including L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin and Smith Barney, Harris, Upham. As a trained economist, Frank has a profound understanding of capital markets, as well as the influences of the US and world economy.

In 1986, Frank was recruited by Nashville-based J.C. Bradford & Co. to serve as Partner, Director of Research & Chief Investment Strategist. And later, in 1993, Frank founded Mastrapasqua Asset Management, a leading money management and independent research firm.

Frank received a B.S. in Mathematics from Fairfield University; a M.B.A. and a Ph.D. from New York University’s Graduate School of Business.


EXPERIENCE
Partner, Director of Research & Chief Investment Strategist
J.C. Bradford & Co., Nashville, TN

Senior Vice President, Chief Economist & Director
of Fixed Income Research
Smith Barney, Harris, Upham, New York, NY

Chief Economist & Portfolio Strategist
L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin, New York, NY

Chief Economist
Faulkner, Dawkins and Sullivan, New York, NY

Chief Economist
American General Capital Management, Houston, TX

Chairman & Professor of Finance
University of Houston, Houston, TX

Adjunct Professor of Economics and Finance
New York University Graduate School of Business, New York, NY


ACHIEVEMENTS
Board of Directors
Vanderbilt Diabetes Center, Nashville, TN

Board of Trustees
Tusculum College, Greeneville, TN

Former Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance
Massey Graduate School of Business , Nashville, TN

Former Director
Trans Financial, Inc., Bowling Green, KY

Former President
Middle Tennessee Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Nashville, TN

 

 

July 7, 2010
Capital Market Comment: What Has The Current Fear Created?

April 12, 2010
Capital Market Comment: Stocks Rise in Spite of Fund Flows

February 2, 2010
Capital Market Comment: They Are At It Again!

 
   
 


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