Allowing for 30-days total investment horizon, Lorillard Inc. is expected to under-perform the Vector. In addition to that, Lorillard is 1.97 times more volatile than Vector Group Ltd.. It trades about -0.29 of its total potential returns per unit of risk. Vector Group Ltd. is currently generating about -0.32 per unit of volatility. If you would invest 1,737 in Vector Group Ltd. on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (67.00) from holding Vector Group Ltd. or give up 3.86% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Poor diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Lorillard Inc. and Vector Group Ltd. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)