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Geometric Average Seasonal Chart

$DJUSRQ Relative to the S&P 500

$DJUSRQ Relative to the Sector

Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the Recreational Services Industry seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of July 16 and a Sell Date of October 24 has resulted in a geometric average return of 1.95% 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 16 of those periods. This is a very 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 7.6% per year.

The seasonal timeframe correlates Poorly with the period of seasonal strength for the Consumer Discretionary sector, which runs from October 17 to April 12. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Consumer Discretionary Sector Seasonal Chart.