Considering 30-days investment horizon, Duke Realty Corporation is expected to under-perform the NEWELL. But the stock apears to be less risky and, when comparing its historical volatility, Duke Realty Corporation is 1.08 times less risky than NEWELL. The stock trades about -0.28 of its potential returns per unit of risk. The NEWELL FIN TR 1 5.25 is currently generating about -0.06 of returns per unit of risk over similar time horizon. If you would invest 4,630 in NEWELL FIN TR 1 5.25 on April 25, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (90.00) from holding NEWELL FIN TR 1 5.25 or give up 1.94% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
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Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Duke Realty Corp. and NEWELL FIN TR 1 5.25 in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)