The UV index measures the strength of the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The index ranges from 0 to 11, with higher numbers indicating greater risk of sunburn and skin damage. Protective measures, ...

The heat index, or apparent temperature, combines air temperature and relative humidity to indicate how hot it feels. High humidity slows sweating, the body's natural cooling system, making ...

Choices you make regarding what you do with your money are influenced by a whole host of factors, many of which are both out ...

WASHINGTON — As the first heat wave of the season takes hold, people might be hearing a lot about "feels-like" temperatures. For example, WUSA9 meteorologists say at 4 p.m. Monday, the temperature ...

Buy low, sell high. The trend is your friend. Sell in May and go away. Wall Street is teeming with familiar financial adages. But there’s one you may not have heard of: “When the VIX is high, it’s ...

An excessive heat warning is in effect throughout most of Delaware through Wednesday, June 23. The heat index for most of Delaware will hit 100 degrees or higher for much of this week. The heat index ...

What Is an Index Fund? An index fund is a type of investment fund with a portfolio built to track or match financial market index components, such as the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (S&P 500).

The “hemline index” is one of those economic theories that never quite disappears. Popularized in the 20th century, it claims a correlation between skirt lengths and the stock market: shorter hemlines ...

The Consumer Price Index “is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services,” according to the Bureau of Labor ...

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