Allowing for 30-days total investment horizon, Procter & Gamble is expected to under-perform the Investors. In addition to that, Procter is 1.25 times more volatile than Investors Bancorp Inc.. It trades about -0.32 of its total potential returns per unit of risk. Investors Bancorp Inc. is currently generating about -0.16 per unit of volatility. If you would invest 1,552 in Investors Bancorp Inc. on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (45.00) from holding Investors Bancorp Inc. or give up 2.9% 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 Investors Bancorp Inc. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)