Considering 30-days investment horizon, General Elec Cap Corp Preferred is expected to generate 4.45 times more return on investment than Eaton. However, General is 4.45 times more volatile than Eaton Vance FloatingRate & Hi Inc Adv. It trades about 0.02 of its potential returns per unit of risk. Eaton Vance FloatingRate & Hi Inc Adv is currently generating about -0.36 per unit of risk. If you would invest 2,563 in General Elec Cap Corp Preferred on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (1.00) from holding General Elec Cap Corp Preferred or give up 0.04% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Average diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding General Elec Cap Corp Preferre and Eaton Vance FloatingRate & in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)
Over the last 30 days Eaton Vance FloatingRate & Hi Inc Adv has generated negative risk-adjusted returns adding no value to investors with long positions.