2009’s Best and Worst Financial TV Ads

As the economy continued to tank throughout 2009, businesses involved in financial services definitely pulled back on their advertising budgets. Still, there were some great commercials that aired over the year, as well as a couple flops.

Our pick for the year’s best financial commercial:

Ally Bank’s “Truck”

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The Impact of the Recession on Different Age Groups

These days, the words “the recession” call to mind ubiquitous images of  anxiety, hardship and worry. Bemoaned daily by our leaders and cultural spokesmen, the recession has become almost an abstraction, synonymous with generalized dread rather than specific problems experienced by specific groups of people. However, recent surveys show that not everyone is being affected equally or even in the same ways. Today we will summarize some of these findings in order to pinpoint recessionary pressures on particular age groups.

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