Given investment horizon of 30 days, Hooker Furniture Corporation is expected to generate 0.61 times more return on investment than Five. However, Hooker Furniture Corporation is 1.64 times less risky than Five. It trades about -0.03 of its potential returns per unit of risk. Five Star Quality Care Inc. is currently generating about -0.26 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
Good diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hooker Furniture Corp. and Five Star Quality Care Inc. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)