Phil Bak

President Donald Trump renewed calls on Monday to move away from quarterly corporate reporting requirements. Echoing an idea from his first term (see below), Trump again proposed a six-month schedule that, he says, would reduce costs and allow U.S. executives to prioritize long-term growth.  Trump'...

Exponential ETFs, an upstart fintech exchange traded funds issuer behind a unique family of funds, topped $500 million in assets under management. Detroit-based Exponential offers a pair of its own in-house ETFs: the American Customer Satisfaction ETF (CBOE:ACSI) and the Reverse Cap Weighted U.S....

Exponential ETFs, an exchange traded fund issuer and sub-adviser, announced Thursday it has hired Tyrone Ross Jr. as director of financial education to lead its Detroit Invests in You — “DIY” — initiative promoting financial education in Detroit. The DIY program combines...

One of the most popular images making the rounds on Financial Twitter this week comes courtesy of Ritholtz Wealth Management Director of Research Michael Batnick. The long and short of it is, as of July 18, the top five companies in the S&P 500 had a combined market value of $4.095 trillion....

In the world of index funds, including exchange traded funds, there a few ways to skin the S&P 500 cat, with the most popular weighting methodologies being cap-weighted — the traditional way — and equal weighting. Michigan-based Exponential ETFs is going a different, unique...

The difference between a customer and a consumer could seem arbitrary on the surface. But to Phil Bak, the CEO of America Customer Sentiment (ACSI) Funds, the distinction is vital. "A consumer can have an opinion, but a customer is actually spending their dollars," Bak said. Bak was a...