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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE:LQD) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of May 28 and a Sell Date of August 25 has resulted in a geometric average return of 0.16% 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 10 of those periods. This is a poor 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 6.1% per year.

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Stocks mentioned in this post: LQD