Considering 30-days investment horizon, Herbalife Ltd. is expected to under-perform the Bond. But the stock apears to be less risky and, when comparing its historical volatility, Herbalife Ltd. is 1.97 times less risky than Bond. The stock trades about -0.28 of its potential returns per unit of risk. The Bond Laboratories Inc. is currently generating about -0.07 of returns per unit of risk over similar time horizon. If you would invest 9.00 in Bond Laboratories Inc. on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (3.00) from holding Bond Laboratories Inc. or give up 33.33% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Average diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Herbalife Ltd. and Bond Laboratories Inc. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)