VIX Index of U.S. Stock Option Prices Advances 4% to 25.78

July 7 (Bloomberg) -- The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, a gauge of how much investors pay for insurance against share-price declines, rose 4 percent to 25.78 today. This report includes commentary by Michael Shinnick, a portfolio manager at 1st Source Bank Bank in South Bend, Indiana, and Lincoln Anderson, who helps manage $270 billion as managing director and chief investment officer at LPL Financial Services.

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