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The creation of a portfolio by combining two assets having perfectly positively correlated returns cannot reduce the portfolio's overall risk below the risk of the least risky asset, whereas a portfolio combining two assets with less than perfectly positive correlation can reduce total risk to a level below that of either of the components.
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