BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "world financial meltdown" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:45:27 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Living With Less http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/living-with-less

As the economy continues its death march, it’s time we all started tightening our belts.

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  1. Apple Customers Cutting Back, Too: Only $800 For A Laptop
  2. Neiman Marcus Customers: Totally Unaffected
  3. Even CITIZEN JOURNALISTS Are Learning to Live With Less
  4. Bye-Bye, Standard Of Living!
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/living-with-less Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:23:45 -0400 As the economy continues its death march, it's time we all started tightening our belts. scott nonadult The VIX http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/the-vix

Sure, the Dow and the S&P 500 are down, but one index is at an all-time high: the VIX, which measures investor fear.

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  1. Background on VIX
  2. VIX Surges To A Record High As Everyone Freaks Out
  3. Summary for CBOE VOLATILITY INDEX
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/the-vix Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:21:58 -0400 Sure, the Dow and the S&P 500 are down, but one index is at an all-time high: the VIX, which measures investor fear. scott nonadult $1000 Worth Of Stock http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/1000-worth-of-stock What some stocks that were worth $1,000 a year ago would be worth now, plus what you could have done with that money had you spent it on beer instead.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/1000-worth-of-stock Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:22:20 -0400 What some stocks that were worth $1,000 a year ago would be worth now, plus what you could have done with that money had you spent it on beer instead. scott nonadult Crisis Predictions http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/crisis-predictions

Dilbert, the Onion and even Paul Bernanke all called the current economic crisis long before it happened, though in very different ways.

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  1. “Taxpayers will give us money so we can build overpriced products to sell to taxpayers!”
  2. Bush: ‘Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over’
  3. Bernanke’s 1980s Computer Model Predicts Crisis
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/crisis-predictions Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:46:02 -0400 Dilbert, the Onion and even Paul Bernanke all called the current economic crisis long before it happened, though in very different ways. scott nonadult Understand The Global Credit Crisis http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/understand-the-global-credit-crisis

Some of the best online explanations of why the financial world is currently going to hell.

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  1. The 2008 Credit Crisis Blame Game: The Contenders
  2. A Quick, Clear Definition of the Subprime Lending & Resulting Credit Crisis
  3. The $700 Billion Bailout: You’re Paying $5,200
  4. This American Life: The Giant Pool of Money
  5. NPR: Planet Money
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/understand-the-global-credit-crisis Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:06:24 -0400 Some of the best online explanations of why the financial world is currently going to hell. scott nonadult