Assuming 30 trading days horizon, Insite Vision Inc. is expected to generate 1.21 times more return on investment than Acura. However, Insite is 1.21 times more volatile than Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc.. It trades about -0.01 of its potential returns per unit of risk. Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. is currently generating about -0.06 per unit of risk. If you would invest 37.00 in Insite Vision Inc. on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (2.00) from holding Insite Vision Inc. or give up 5.41% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Good diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Insite Vision Inc. and Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)