4x S&P Income Without Covered Calls | Sean O'Hara, Pacer QDPL

About this episode

Sean O'Hara discusses Pacer's innovative income strategy based on the S&P 500.

Sean O'Hara started in financial services in 1985, moved into wholesaling, and helped build the Hartford's mutual fund and 401k platforms before striking out on his own in 2007. By 2015, he and partner Joe Thompson were launching Pacer's first ETFs. Today, Pacer manages roughly $42 billion across 57 products — every one built around a simple filter: innovative, disruptive, or unique. No cheap beta replication. In this episode, Sean breaks down QDPL, Pacer's S&P 500-based income strategy t...

People in this episode

Host: Brad Roth

Guest: Sean O'Hara

Topics covered

• financial services
• ETFs
• income strategy
• investing
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• S&P 500
• income strategy
• ETFs
• financial services
• Pacer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pacer, Hartford

Products: QDPL

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