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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE:GD) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of July 9 and a Sell Date of October 9 has resulted in a geometric average return of 2.94% 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 2.13% per year.

The seasonal timeframe correlates Poorly with the period of seasonal strength for the Industrials sector, which runs from October 29 to May 10. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Industrials Sector Seasonal Chart.

General Dynamics Corp. is a global aerospace and defense company, which engages in design, engineering, and manufacturing to deliver solutions. It operates through the following business segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment includes the production of business jets, technology aircraft, repair, support and completion services. The Marine Systems segment involves the design and building of nuclear-powered submarines, surface combatant, and auxiliary ship design and construction. The Combat Systems segment focuses on manufacturing and integrating land combat solutions, wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions. The Technologies segment consists of services, technologies, and products for electronic hardware with its software. The company was founded on February 21, 1952 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

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