Given investment horizon of 30 days, Hooker Furniture Corporation is expected to generate 1.34 times more return on investment than Duke. However, Hooker is 1.34 times more volatile than Duke Realty Corporation. It trades about -0.03 of its potential returns per unit of risk. Duke Realty Corporation is currently generating about -0.27 per unit of risk. If you would invest 1,185 in Hooker Furniture Corporation on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (11.00) from holding Hooker Furniture Corporation or give up 0.93% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Weak diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hooker Furniture Corp. and Duke Realty Corp. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)