Given investment horizon of 30 days, Strayer Education Inc. is expected to generate 1.95 times more return on investment than DeVry. However, Strayer is 1.95 times more volatile than DeVry Inc.. It trades about -0.2 of its potential returns per unit of risk. DeVry Inc. is currently generating about -0.55 per unit of risk. If you would invest 10,055 in Strayer Education Inc. on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (1,115) from holding Strayer Education Inc. or give up 11.09% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Very weak diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Strayer Education Inc. and DeVry Inc. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)