Given investment horizon of 30 days, PACCAR Inc. is expected to under-perform the Ford. But the stock apears to be less risky and, when comparing its historical volatility, PACCAR Inc. is 1.04 times less risky than Ford. The stock trades about -0.39 of its potential returns per unit of risk. The Ford Motor is currently generating about -0.36 of returns per unit of risk over similar time horizon. If you would invest 1,160 in Ford Motor on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (100.00) from holding Ford Motor or give up 8.62% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Weak diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding PACCAR Inc. and Ford Motor Co. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)