Allowing for 30-days total investment horizon, Procter & Gamble is expected to under-perform the American. In addition to that, Procter is 1.4 times more volatile than American Funds Blue Chip Inc & Gr HLS IB. It trades about -0.32 of its total potential returns per unit of risk. American Funds Blue Chip Inc & Gr HLS IB is currently generating about -0.35 per unit of volatility. If you would invest 1,008 in American Funds Blue Chip Inc & Gr HLS IB on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (55.00) from holding American Funds Blue Chip Inc & Gr HLS IB or give up 5.46% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Good diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Procter & Gamble Co. and American Funds Blue Chip Inc & in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)
Over the last 30 days American Funds Blue Chip Inc & Gr HLS IB has generated negative risk-adjusted returns adding no value to investors with long positions.