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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE:ALLY) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of April 15 and a Sell Date of August 13 has resulted in a geometric average return of 4.26% above the benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return Index over the past 11 years. This seasonal timeframe has shown positive results compared to the benchmark in 9 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 11 years by an average of 8.48% 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.

Ally Financial, Inc. engages in the provision of automotive financing and insurance services. It operates through the following segments: Automotive Finance Operations, Insurance Operations, Corporate Finance Operations, and Corporate and Other. The Automotive Finance Operations segment offers automotive financing services to consumers, automotive dealers and retailers, companies, and municipalities. The Insurance Operations segment includes consumer finance protection and insurance products sold primarily through the automotive dealer channel, and commercial insurance products sold directly to dealers. The Corporate Finance Operations segment is involved in senior secured asset-based and leveraged cash flow loans to mostly U.S.-based middle-market companies, with a focus on businesses owned by private equity sponsors. The Corporate and Other segment consists of centralized corporate treasury activities, such as management of the cash and corporate investment securities and loan portfolios, short- and long-term debt, retail and brokered deposit liabilities, derivative instruments, original issue discount, and the residual impacts of corporate FTP and treasury ALM activities. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Detroit, MI.

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