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WU Relative to the S&P 500

WU Relative to the Sector

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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the Western Union Co. (NYSE:WU) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of January 24 and a Sell Date of June 14 has resulted in a geometric average return of 1.45% above the benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return Index over the past 19 years. This seasonal timeframe has shown positive results compared to the benchmark in 13 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 19 years by an average of 8.81% per year.

The seasonal timeframe correlates Poorly with the period of seasonal strength for the Financial sector, which runs from November 22 to April 13. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Financial Sector Seasonal Chart.

Western Union provides domestic and international money transfers through its global network of about 600,000 outside agents. It is the largest money transfer company in the world and one of only a few companies with a truly global agent network.

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