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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSE:MFI) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of December 9 and a Sell Date of April 3 has resulted in a geometric average return of 6.48% above the benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return Index over the past 20 years. This seasonal timeframe has shown positive results compared to the benchmark in 15 of those periods. This is a good rate of success and the return strongly outperforms the relative buy-and-hold performance of the stock over the past 20 years by an average of 8.05% per year.

The seasonal timeframe correlates Poorly with the period of seasonal strength for the Consumer Staples sector, which runs from April 25 to November 23. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Consumer Staples Sector Seasonal Chart.

Maple Leaf Foods Inc is a producer of food products. Its portfolio
includes prepared meats, ready-to-cook and read to serve meals and value-added
fresh pork and poultry.

Stocks mentioned in this post: MFI.TO