Considering 30-days investment horizon, Vector Group Ltd. is expected to generate 0.71 times more return on investment than British Amer. However, Vector Group Ltd. is 1.41 times less risky than British Amer. It trades about -0.32 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 1,737 in Vector Group Ltd. on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (67.00) from holding Vector Group Ltd. or give up 3.86% of portfolio value over 30 days.
Diversification
Modest diversification
Overlapping area represents amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vector Group Ltd. and British American Tobacco plc in the same portfolio (assuming nothing else is changed)