Given investment horizon of 30 days, Harris Interactive Inc. is expected to generate 1.66 times more return on investment than Patel. However, Harris is 1.66 times more volatile than Patel Engineering Ltd.. It trades about -0.02 of its potential returns per unit of risk. Patel Engineering Ltd. is currently generating about -0.53 per unit of risk. If you would invest 122.00 in Harris Interactive Inc. on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (8.00) from holding Harris Interactive Inc. or give up 6.56% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Very weak diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Harris Interactive Inc. and Patel Engineering Ltd. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)