Given investment horizon of 30 days, Global Sources Ltd. is expected to generate 0.82 times more return on investment than China. However, Global Sources Ltd. is 1.23 times less risky than China. It trades about -0.21 of its potential returns per unit of risk. China Finance Online Ltd. is currently generating about -0.18 per unit of risk. If you would invest 622 in Global Sources Ltd. on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (77.00) from holding Global Sources Ltd. or give up 12.38% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Good diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Global Sources Ltd. and China Finance Online Co. Ltd. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)