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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the Great Plains Energy Incorporated (NYSE:GXP) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of July 30 and a Sell Date of October 18 has resulted in a geometric average return of 3.22% 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 6.01% per year.

The seasonal timeframe correlates Very Well with the period of seasonal strength for the Utilities sector, which runs from July 23 to October 3. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Utilities Sector Seasonal Chart.

Great Plains Energy Inc is a public utility holding company of Kansas City Power & Light and Missouri Operations Company which provides electric service in the Kansas City area and nearby western Missouri and eastern Kansas.

Stocks mentioned in this post: GXP