Assuming 30 trading days horizon, ImageWare Systems Inc. is expected to generate 1.25 times more return on investment than Atlantic. However, ImageWare is 1.25 times more volatile than Atlantic Coal PLC. It trades about -0.06 of its potential returns per unit of risk. Atlantic Coal PLC is currently generating about -0.14 per unit of risk. If you would invest 104.00 in ImageWare Systems Inc. on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (16.00) from holding ImageWare Systems Inc. or give up 15.38% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Weak diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding ImageWare Systems Inc. and Atlantic Coal PLC in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)