Assuming 30 trading days horizon, Shoshone Silver Mining Company is expected to under-perform the Sykes. In addition to that, Shoshone is 6.46 times more volatile than Sykes Enterprises Incorporated. It trades about -0.27 of its total potential returns per unit of risk. Sykes Enterprises Incorporated is currently generating about -0.14 per unit of volatility. If you would invest 1,591 in Sykes Enterprises Incorporated on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (64.00) from holding Sykes Enterprises Incorporated or give up 4.02% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Good diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Shoshone Silver Mining Company and Sykes Enterprises Incorporated in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)