Considering 30-days investment horizon, Universal Corporation is expected to generate 1.44 times more return on investment than Vector. However, Universal is 1.44 times more volatile than Vector Group Ltd.. It trades about -0.05 of its potential returns per unit of risk. Vector Group Ltd. is currently generating about -0.32 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
Very weak diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Universal Corp. and Vector Group Ltd. in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)