By: James Overmoyer
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
Have you heard of VIX? If you have, then you know that many investors are betting against, or shorting, it right now. VIX, in simple terms, is a measure of the stock market’s volatility and risk. The measure is used to show the fluctuation in prices throughout the entire market and the risk involved in investing in the market, by measuring how much these prices can change.