Taking into account 30 trading days horizon, Macys Inc. is expected to under-perform the Agilent. In addition to that, Macys is 1.15 times more volatile than Agilent Technologies Inc.. It trades about -0.16 of its total potential returns per unit of risk. Agilent Technologies Inc. is currently generating about -0.05 per unit of volatility. If you would invest 4,256 in Agilent Technologies Inc. on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (155.00) from holding Agilent Technologies Inc. or give up 3.64% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Very weak diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Macys Inc. and Agilent Technologies Inc. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)