Considering 30-days investment horizon, Universal Corporation is expected to generate 1.02 times more return on investment than British Amer. However, Universal is 1.02 times more volatile than British American Tobacco plc. It trades about -0.05 of its potential returns per unit of risk. British American Tobacco plc is currently generating about -0.43 per unit of risk. If you would invest 4,631 in Universal Corporation on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (68.00) from holding Universal Corporation or give up 1.47% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Significant diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Universal Corp. and British American Tobacco plc in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)