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# Unplanned Investment Adverts
This Hilarious Invesco Commercial Will Definitely Make You Think

By KimLeo | Published 2011-04-15 | Lifestyle
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/invesco-leo-burnett-chicago
References: [invesco](http://www.invesco.com/intentional) & [leoburnett](http://www.leoburnett.com)

Whether you realize it or not, sometimes you make accidental investments, but with this Invesco ad, you may be able to see these potential accidents a lot clearer than before. This featured Invesco campaign was created with the best of intentions in mind, reminding you that there are ways of [intentional investment](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/asset-manager-quest) that would work in your favor.

The campaign dramatizes [accidental investing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/global-marketing-initiative) and encourages viewers to "Explore Intentional Investing with Invesco." The first of its kind in the [finance market](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/banksgiving), the new ad campaign for Invesco hits people over the head with common sense and makes you think..."What did I really invest my money in?"

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 4.0/10
- Popularity: 39% | Activity: 72% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: North America, Europe

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### Why This Trend Is Growing

- **Intentional-investing:** The Invesco ad campaign promoting intentional investing creates opportunities for financial firms to re-think traditional finance advertisements.
- **Awareness-driven Campaigns:** The Invesco ad campaign creates opportunities for companies to capitalize on awareness-driven campaigns that highlight informed investment strategies.
- **Pseudo-celebrity Endorsements:** The use of comedic pseudo-celebrity endorsements in the Invesco ad campaign creates opportunities for other brands to utilize personalities that are familiar and humorous in order to promote their products.

### Industries Being Reshaped

- **Finance:** The Invesco ad campaign highlights investment practices and creates disruptive innovation opportunities for fintech companies seeking to provide unique investment advice and strategies.
- **Marketing:** The Invesco ad campaign creates disruptive innovation opportunities for marketing companies to take risks like utilizing humor and satire to promote financial products and services.
- **Comedy:** The Invesco ad campaign creates opportunities for companies in the entertainment and comedy industry to create ad campaigns that are funny and attention-grabbing.

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