Considering 30-days investment horizon, New Oriental Education & Technology Group is expected to generate 1.05 times more return on investment than Strayer. However, New Oriental is 1.05 times more volatile than Strayer Education Inc.. It trades about 0.01 of its potential returns per unit of risk. Strayer Education Inc. is currently generating about -0.32 per unit of risk. If you would invest 2,690 in New Oriental Education & Technology Group on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (67.00) from holding New Oriental Education & Technology Group or give up 2.49% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Good diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding New Oriental Education & Techn and Strayer Education Inc. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)
Over the last 30 days New Oriental Education & Technology Group has generated negative risk-adjusted returns adding no value to investors with long positions.