r/agedlikemilk 1d ago

Curdled.

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u/BikiniBottomObserver 1d ago

It’s the Standard and Poor’s 500 index, it’s a stock market index that tracks the stock performance of about 500 of the largest publicly traded companies in the US.

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u/Lillith492 1d ago

I see, thank you. (Wish this was just on the graph)

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u/Lillith492 1d ago

Oh I see. No I never got taught that stuff in school and currently my daily life is much too hectic to really care about all that.

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u/PenguinDeluxe 1d ago

Tbf, this wasn’t taught to me in school, but I grew up as a teenager during the 2008 financial crisis and quickly learned a lot of terminology 💀

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u/Lillith492 1d ago

Yeah in 2008 I was a very dumb 12-13 yr old

2008 also had the Flood of 08 in my state which was a catastrophe to deal with.