Assuming 30 trading days horizon, Great Lakes Aviation Ltd. is expected to generate 1.92 times more return on investment than SkyWest. However, Great is 1.92 times more volatile than SkyWest Inc.. It trades about -0.04 of its potential returns per unit of risk. SkyWest Inc. is currently generating about -0.27 per unit of risk. If you would invest 139.00 in Great Lakes Aviation Ltd. on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (9.00) from holding Great Lakes Aviation Ltd. or give up 6.47% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Average diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Great Lakes Aviation Ltd. and SkyWest Inc. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)