Until 1997, Pisani largely covered the real estate industry and corporate management.
In 2017, Pisani was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Security Traders Association of New York.
In 2014, Pisani was honored with a Recognition Award from the Market Technicians Association for "steadfast efforts to integrate technical analysis into financial decision making, journalism and reporting.
He and his father taught a course on real estate development at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1992.
[3] In December 2006, Mad Money host Jim Cramer used Pisani as an example of an easily manipulated reporter used by hedge fund managers to spread false statements about a company in order to illegally drive the stock price down.