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Behind the Ticker

Hosted by Brad Roth · business · EN-US

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About this Podcast:

Behind the Ticker is hosted by Brad Roth, Founder & CIO of THOR Financial Technologies, a systematic investment firm with ETFs listed on the NYSE. Each week, Brad sits down with the sharpest minds in ETFs, asset management, and wealth technology — fund managers, CIOs, and the entrepreneurs building the next generation of investment products. From managed futures to structured credit, from factor investing to full downside mitigation — no topic is off limits. Brad also publishes The Signal, a daily market research brief for advisors and allocators. New episodes every week.

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Selective

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What is Behind the Ticker about?

Behind the Ticker is hosted by Brad Roth, Founder & CIO of THOR Financial Technologies, a systematic investment firm with ETFs listed on the NYSE. Each week, Brad sits down with the sharpest minds in ETFs, asset management, and wealth technology, fund managers, CIOs, and the entrepreneurs building the next generation of investment products.

Who hosts Behind the Ticker?

Behind the Ticker is hosted by Brad Roth. The show has published 131 episodes to date.

What has Behind the Ticker covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Private Credit Exposure Without the Lockups | Mike O'Brien, Hilton Capital" (25 October 2026, 23 minutes), "The $7 Trillion Market Most Advisors Can't Actually Access | Chris Getter, Simplify" (18 October 2026, 22 minutes), and "The Only ETF Holding Kalshi and Polymarket | Paisley Nardini, Tema ETFs" (4 October 2026, 29 minutes).

How often does Behind the Ticker publish?

Behind the Ticker publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 28 minutes across 131 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Behind the Ticker?

Booking probability for Behind the Ticker is 43%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Behind the Ticker requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Behind the Ticker's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Behind the Ticker?

The strongest fits for Behind the Ticker are Investment Banking & Trading. Behind the Ticker has a business audience.

About the host

Brad Roth hosts Behind the Ticker, a business podcast with 131 episodes published.

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  • Behind the Ticker

    Private Credit Exposure Without the Lockups | Mike O'Brien, Hilton Capital

    Oct 25, 202623 min

    Mike O'Brien started his career in Chapter 11 restructuring at FTI Consulting, moved to sell-side equity research at Wolfe Research covering spin-offs and special situations, and joined Hilton Capital Management in...

  • Behind the Ticker

    The $7 Trillion Market Most Advisors Can't Actually Access | Chris Getter, Simplify

    Oct 18, 202622 min

    Chris Getter started his career in US high yield at Fidelity in the mid-1990s before transitioning into emerging markets just in time for the Asia currency crisis and the Russian default. He spent a decade at PIMCO...

  • Behind the Ticker

    The Only ETF Holding Kalshi and Polymarket | Paisley Nardini, Tema ETFs

    Oct 4, 202629 min

    Paisley Nardini is back on Behind the Ticker for her second appearance, this time in a new role. At the beginning of September 2026, she joined Tema ETFs as Head of Investment Strategy — a firm founded in 2022 that has...

  • Behind the Ticker

    Why 80% of US Startups Are Now Running on Chinese AI Models | Kevin T. Carter, EMX ETFs

    Sep 27, 202634 min

    Kevin T. Carter is back on Behind the Ticker for his second appearance. He started his career at Robertson Stevens in 1992, has collaborated with Princeton economist Burt Malkiel for more than 25 years, built the first...

  • Behind the Ticker

    Values-Based Investing Isn't ESG — Here's What It Actually Is | Bob Doll, Crossmark

    Sep 20, 202620 min

    Bob Doll has spent 40 years managing US large cap equities — as Chief Equity Strategist at Nuveen, CIO of US Equity at BlackRock, and now as CEO and CIO of Crossmark Global Investments. Crossmark has been operating...

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    The ETF That Invests in What Made Billionaires Rich — Not What They Buy Now | Andrew Skatoff, Bancreek Capital

    Sep 13, 202625 min

    Andrew Skatoff is back on Behind the Ticker for his second appearance. Since he last sat down with Brad, Bancreek Capital has grown to approximately $300 million across four ETFs, rung the opening bell at the NYSE, and...

  • Behind the Ticker

    Getting 5% Yield With Half the Volatility | Jeff Klingelhofer, Aristotle Pacific

    Sep 6, 202633 min

    Jeff Klingelhofer spent the early part of his career at Pimco — Newport Beach, Tokyo, and London — before an MBA at the University of Chicago and a summer at a five-person hedge fund reset his expectations for what an...

  • Behind the Ticker

    Why the Real AI Bottleneck Isn't Compute | Howard Chan, Kurv Investment Management

    Aug 23, 202633 min

    Howard Chan is back on Behind the Ticker for his second appearance, celebrating almost exactly the two-year anniversary of KQQQ — Kurv Investment Management's first ETF. When Howard first sat down with Brad two years...

  • Behind the Ticker

    The Value ETF That Kept Pace With Growth — Without Owning a Single Mag Seven Name | Mannik Dhillon, Victory Capital

    Aug 16, 202618 min

    Mannik Dhillon is President of Investment Franchises and Solutions and Head of ETFs at Victory Capital — a firm that manages a lineup of independent investment boutiques under a shared platform, with a business model...

  • Behind the Ticker

    Built for the Retiree Who Can't Afford a 30% Drawdown | Raymond Bridges, Bridges Capital

    Aug 9, 202633 min

    Raymond Bridges founded Bridges Capital in 2018 after years at Wells Fargo, building his practice around a demographic reality he sees every day in South Florida — retirees who need to draw from their portfolios monthly...

  • Behind the Ticker

    Real Small Cap Value Exposure | Elena Khoziaeva, Bridgeway

    Aug 2, 202631 min

    Elena Khoziaeva is Co-CIO of Bridgeway Capital Management — a boutique systematic investment firm founded in Houston with a long history of factor-based investing and one of the more unusual missions in asset...

  • Behind the Ticker

    Turning Down $1 Billion in Flows to Protect Retail Investors | Eva Ados, ERShares

    Jul 26, 202628 min

    Eva Ados is Partner, COO, and Chief Investment Strategist at ERShares — a firm built on decades of academic research by founder Dr. Joel Schulman into what makes entrepreneurial companies successful and how the best VCs...

  • Behind the Ticker

    Why Your Emerging Markets ETF Isn't Actually Diversifying You | Young Jae Lee, Pictet

    Jul 19, 202626 min

    Young Jae Lee is a Senior Investment Manager at Pictet Asset Management — a Geneva-based firm founded in 1805, still owned by its managing partners 220 years later, and one of the largest asset managers in Europe. Young...

  • Behind the Ticker

    The Space ETF Built to Let the Winners Win | Nick Frasse, Van Eck

    Jul 12, 202629 min

    Nick Frasse spent five years on Van Eck's internal wholesaler desk before making the uncommon move from sales into product management. He now covers the firm's thematic ETF lineup — semiconductors, robotics, data center...

  • Behind the Ticker

    Why 4% of Stocks Drive 100% of Returns — And How to Own Them | Keith Fitz-Gerald, One Bar Ahead

    Jul 5, 202634 min

    Keith Fitz-Gerald has spent 45 years as a global investor, researcher, and strategist — starting at Wilshire Associates, building One Bar Ahead from a yellow pad in his dining room into a publication read by tens of...

  • Behind the Ticker

    The First Autism Impact ETF — and 100% of Profits Go to the Cause | Sylvia Jablonski, Defiance ETFs

    Jun 28, 202623 min

    Sylvia Jablonski is the CEO of Defiance ETFs — a firm that's grown from a handful of products in 2018 to over $13 billion in AUM across 80-plus ETFs, with launches happening on a weekly cadence. In this return...

  • Behind the Ticker

    Stacking the Odds to 93%: Inside a Non-Directional Income Strategy | Carter Worth, Worth Charting

    Jun 21, 202629 min

    Carter Worth spent 35 years on Wall Street — Value Line, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, and a long series of major sell-side seats — before founding Worth Charting in 2021 to serve the largest institutional capital pools...

  • Behind the Ticker

    The Bitcoin ETF Built to Survive a Drawdown | Mike Willis, Cyber Hornet ETFs

    Jun 14, 202633 min

    Mike Willis has spent 25 years on Wall Street — Smith Barney, Paine Webber, UBS — before founding Cyber Hornet ETFs to do two things that traditional asset management still hasn't done well: offer a founder-run...

  • Behind the Ticker

    A Forty-Year-Old Index That Still Outperforms in a Crisis | Jerry Prior, Mount Lucas

    Jun 7, 202634 min

    Jerry Prior has spent nearly thirty years at Mount Lucas Management — a firm with roots in Commodities Corp, the legendary firm that launched Paul Tudor Jones, Louis Bacon, and the broader managed futures and global...

  • Behind the Ticker

    Why Most Momentum Funds Are Looking at the Wrong Data | Jon Clements, Market Desk

    May 31, 202632 min

    Jon Clements built his career in equity research at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Guggenheim before co-founding Market Desk Research with his brother Matt in 2020. What started as a research and model portfolio platform...

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