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GLD Relative to the S&P 500

Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE:GLD) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of December 23 and a Sell Date of April 27 has resulted in a geometric average return of 2.74% above the benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return Index over the past 18 years. This seasonal timeframe has shown positive results compared to the benchmark in 14 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 18 years by an average of 3.53% per year.

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Stocks mentioned in this post: GLD