Assuming 30 trading days horizon, Iomart Group PLC is expected to generate 0.35 times more return on investment than ImageWare. However, Iomart Group PLC is 2.87 times less risky than ImageWare. It trades about -0.02 of its potential returns per unit of risk. ImageWare Systems Inc. is currently generating about -0.06 per unit of risk. If you would invest 14,000 in Iomart Group PLC on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (500.00) from holding Iomart Group PLC or give up 3.57% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Modest diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Iomart Group PLC and ImageWare Systems Inc. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)