Considering 30-days investment horizon, British American Tobacco plc is expected to under-perform the Vector. In addition to that, British Amer is 1.39 times more volatile than Vector Group Ltd.. It trades about -0.34 of its total potential returns per unit of risk. Vector Group Ltd. is currently generating about -0.22 per unit of volatility. If you would invest 1,742 in Vector Group Ltd. on April 25, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (71.00) from holding Vector Group Ltd. or give up 4.08% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Weak diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding British American Tobacco plc and Vector Group Ltd. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)