Best Commercial for Financial Services Ever
May 22, 2009 by Lela Davidson
Filed under Corporate Finance
This is great British humor. I only wonder why the ditzy woman sounds American? Beware of where you leave your phone!
Image and Video Credit: redvlady, YouTube
Banker Humor: Baby Got WACC
May 8, 2009 by Lela Davidson
Filed under Corporate Finance
Baby got WACC - or Weighted Average Cost of Capital as it’s known on Wall Street (and Columbia Business School where this was performed a few years ago). As a total spreadsheet geek and a big fan of Sir Mix-a-Lot, I couldn’t get enough of this video! I’m thinking of creating companion glossary. What do you think?
Video Credit: amarathe, YouTube
Spinal Tap and Amex: Gimme Some Money
May 1, 2009 by Lela Davidson
Filed under Corporate Finance
If you’ve seen Spinal Tap, you’ll appreciate the humor of this [not humorous] American Express commercial. In this commercial for small business financing, Amex uses “Gimme Some Money” from the 1984 Christopher Guest mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap. But the song was created for the parody film about a make believe rock band. It’s about a guy asking his girlfriend for money.
It makes me wonder if there’s not some guy in the back cube of an advertising company doing the big *wink*. Or was it intentional?
If you haven’t seen Spinal Tap, I’ve included the original clip here after the commercial.
And the original…
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Funny Money: Tim Clue on Consumer Debt
April 24, 2009 by Lela Davidson
Filed under Corporate Finance
We’re all in debt – consumers, corporations, and countries alike. In this funny video, Tim Clue’s talking about consumer debt, but it makes you wonder if this isn’t exactly how the Big Money Boys were approaching things as well. So when the Visa bill and the collectors get you down, fire this up for a few laughs.
Image Credit: orphanjones, Flickr
Video Credit: Tim Clue, YouTube
The Onion Reports on Total Cash Recall
April 17, 2009 by Lela Davidson
Filed under Corporate Finance






