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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the Burford Capital Ltd. (NYSE:BUR) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of March 13 and a Sell Date of June 2 has resulted in a geometric average return of 20.59% above the benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return Index over the past 4 years. This seasonal timeframe has shown positive results compared to the benchmark in 4 of those periods. This is an excellent rate of success and the return strongly outperforms the relative buy-and-hold performance of the stock over the past 4 years by an average of 24.99% per year.

The seasonal timeframe is Inline 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.

A word of caution: Only 4 years of data is available for shares of BUR, perhaps insufficient to create a seasonal profile that accurately gauges the seasonal tendencies influencing the investment. Ideally, while 20 years is preferred, at least 10 years of data is required to perform a seasonal analysis that is considered to be reliable for future seasonal periods.

Burford Capital Ltd. engages in the provision of legal finance products and services comprising core legal finance and alternative strategies, and in the asset management business. It operates through following segments: Capital Provision, Asset Management and Other Services, and Other Corporate. The Capital Provision segment provides capital to the legal industry or in connection with legal matters, both directly and through investment in the Group’s private funds. The Asset Management and Other Services segment offers services to the legal industry including litigation insurance. The Other Corporate segment includes certain operating and non-operating activities that are not used internally to measure and evaluate the performance of the reportable segments. The company was founded by Christopher P. Bogart, Elizabeth O’Connell, and Jonathan T. Molot on September 11, 2009 and is headquartered in St. Peter Port, Guernsey.

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