One Great Ad

You may have seen the spot, but if you haven't, or if you like it as much as we do, and therefore want to see it again, we recommend the "Love Sweet Love" ad from Barclays Global Investors' iShares unit, a clever spin on the Hal David/Burt Bacharach tune. You can see it here. Because they're so perfectly apt, we've transcribed the lyrics here:

What the world needs now, is clarity, a little tax-efficiency, and much more transparency. What the world needs now, is fresh ideas, more complete advice, and shelter from all the nonsense. They're the only things that there's just too little of.

There's plenty not to like about the financial services industry's advertising efforts. This one, however, is worth celebrating.