Industrials Sector Seasonality

According to Thackrays 2010 Investors Guide, the seasonality for the Industrials Sector is limited to Market Perform, implying that a period of strength that would garner results greater than the correlating benchmark is non-existent. The sector is a virtual barometer of real GDP growth in the U.S. The sector moves higher when expectations for economic growth are positive and moves lower when expectations are negative.

The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE:SHAW) Seasonal Chart

Shaw Group Inc. (The) Common Stock (SHAW) Seasonality Analysis has revealed that with a buy date of August 17 and a sell date of June 1, investors have benefited from a total return of 4307.59% over the last 10 years. This scenario has shown positive results in 8 of those periods. Conversely, th

Seasonal Start: August 19 | Industrials, S | Stocks

Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE:Q) Seasonal Chart

QWEST COMM INTL INC (Q) Seasonality Analysis has revealed that with a buy date of August 8 and a sell date of January 8, investors have benefited from a total return of 544.84% over the last 10 years. This scenario has shown positive results in 6 of those periods. Conversely, the best return ove

Seasonal Start: August 9 | Industrials, Q | Stocks

Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) Seasonal Chart

Expeditors International of Was (EXPD) Seasonality Analysis has revealed that with a buy date of August 2 and a sell date of July 1, investors have benefited from a total return of 783.91% over the last 10 years. This scenario has shown positive results in 9 of those periods. Conversely, the bes

Seasonal Start: August 3 | E, Industrials | Stocks

TELUS Corporation (TSE:T) Seasonal Chart

TELUS CORPORATION COM NPV (T.TO) Seasonality Analysis has revealed that with a buy date of July 28 and a sell date of December 31, investors have benefited from a total return of 332.05% over the last 10 years. This scenario has shown positive results in 6 of those periods. Conversely, the best

Seasonal Start: July 28 | Industrials, T | Stocks

Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTEK) Seasonal Chart

Tetra Tech Inc. (TTEK) Seasonality Analysis has revealed that with a buy date of July 27 and a sell date of June 1, investors have benefited from a total return of 534.97% over the last 10 years. This scenario has shown positive results in 8 of those periods. Conversely, the best return over the

Seasonal Start: July 27 | Industrials, T | Stocks

Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) Seasonal Chart

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) Seasonality Analysis has revealed that with a buy date of July 25 and a sell date of November 28, investors have benefited from a total return of 200.2% over the last 10 years. This scenario has shown positive results in 9 of those periods. Conversely, the

Seasonal Start: July 25 | A, Industrials | Stocks

FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:FLIR) Seasonal Chart

FLIR Systems, Inc. (FLIR) Seasonality Analysis has revealed that with a buy date of October 10 and a sell date of September 26, investors have benefited from a total return of 3848.62% over the last 10 years. This scenario has shown positive results in 7 of those periods. Conversely, the best re

Seasonal Start: June 25 | F, Industrials | Stocks

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE:TDS) Seasonal Chart

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc (TDS) Seasonality Analysis has revealed that with a buy date of March 8 and a sell date of January 14, investors have benefited from a total return of 146.86% over the last 10 years. This scenario has shown positive results in 5 of those periods. Conversely, the b

Seasonal Start: May 3 | Industrials, T | Stocks

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) Seasonal Chart

WASTE MGMT INC (WM) Seasonality Analysis has revealed that with a buy date of March 9 and a sell date of December 31, investors have benefited from a total return of 466.21% over the last 10 years. This scenario has shown positive results in 8 of those periods. Conversely, the best return over t

Seasonal Start: April 20 | Industrials, W | Stocks

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) Seasonal Chart

WATERS CP (WAT) Seasonality Analysis has revealed that with a buy date of April 16 and a sell date of February 16, investors have benefited from a total return of 550.92% over the last 10 years. This scenario has shown positive results in 7 of those periods. Conversely, the best return over the

Seasonal Start: April 16 | Industrials, W | Stocks