What’s the use of an umbrella missing its middle during a rainstorm? Or beach-tennis paddle without a middle? How about a piano with no middle keys? They’re all part of a world without middles, brought to life for State Street Global Advisors in the latest campaign for its mid cap ETF (exchange-traded fund), MDY. In the stock market, mid caps, as their name implies, comprise companies with market value in the middle of the spectrum, the sweet spot between large caps and small caps. Investors often assume that if they own both large and small caps, they have broad exposure to the market–meaning they have covered the entire scale of the market. But without mid caps in their portfolio, they don’t.
Created by McCann NY, the campaign opens with this spot titled “Rainy Day,” directed by Bjorn Ruhmann of SMUGGLER. The commercial shows us a world lacking middles, underscoring the campaign refrain, “The middle can make all the difference.”
Mid caps like MDY really can make all the difference—portfolios containing mid caps have a track record of outperforming portfolios without them. The campaign, spanning TV, social and digital, drives to a website experience where investors can use an online tool to find out how increasing a mid cap allocation can make all the difference in their own portfolios.
