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MCO Relative to the S&P 500

MCO Relative to the Sector

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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the Moody’s Corp. (NYSE:MCO) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of March 11 and a Sell Date of July 26 has resulted in a geometric average return of 4.29% 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 17 of those periods. This is a very good rate of success and the return slightly outperforms the relative buy-and-hold performance of the stock over the past 20 years by an average of 0.8% per year.

The seasonal timeframe correlates Poorly with the period of seasonal strength for the Financial sector, which runs from November 22 to April 13. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Financial Sector Seasonal Chart.

Moody’s, along with S&P Ratings, is a leading provider of credit ratings on fixed-income securities. The ratings segment, Moody’s Investors Service, includes corporates, structured finance, financial institutions, and public finance ratings. MIS represents a majority of the firm’s profit and about half the firm’s revenue. The other segment, Moody’s Analytics, consists of decision solutions, research and insights, and data and information.

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