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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the Rio Tinto PLC (NYSE:RIO) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of November 27 and a Sell Date of February 20 has resulted in a geometric average return of 7.47% 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 16 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 20 years by an average of 9.79% per year.

The seasonal timeframe is Inline with the period of seasonal strength for the Materials sector, which runs from November 20 to May 5. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Materials Sector Seasonal Chart.

Rio Tinto Plc engages in the exploration, mining, and processing of mineral resources. It operates through the following business segments: Iron Ore, Aluminium, Copper, and Minerals. The Iron Ore segment supplies iron ore mining and salt and gypsum production. The Aluminium segment produces bauxite, alumina and primary aluminum. The Copper segment offers gold, silver, molybdenum and other by-products. The Minerals includes businesses with products such as uranium, borates, salt and titanium dioxide feedstock together with coal operations. The Other Operations segment covers the curtailed Gove alumina refinery and Rio Tinto Marine operations. The company was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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