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| A non-typical Seasonal Pattern is shown by American Capital Ltd.. For the average common stock, low prices are most likely previous to the month of November. The percentage spread between the high and low months is 5.89 percent, when averaged over the last 13 years. For this chart, price plots for each year are traced on top of each other. Each month's value is adjusted to the mean price for the particular year. The orange line represents the average monthy price expressed as a portion of the annual price. |
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| ACAS speculators might well avoid the month of August. Here, the profitability of the month is defined as the percentage change between the mean price on the first day of the month and the mean price on the last day of the month. So the figures displayed here refer to the average change during each month, rather than changes between months. By this measure, the month of September appears favorable, offering a quick return averaging 7.94 percent. |
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| The 'Monthly Profitability' discussed above applies to holdings during the course of a single month. Another, perhaps more realistic evaluation is the one charted here. Here the value evaluated is the highest price reached at anytime during the next quarter. Investors shrewd enough to invest in American Capital Ltd. during March have seen an average maximum gain of 32.03 percent at some time in the following 60 trading days. |
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This plot of the average monthly price as a proportion of the average yearly price removes the year-to-year secular trend. However the within-year trend is still intact, so it is expected that the December value might be higher than the January average, for a healthy company. Over the span of 6 months from November to May a gain of 5.89 percent has occurred historically. This is an annual rate of 11.8 percent. Investing 'against the tide' of the seasonal trend can cost an annualized 11.78 percent. Before making any decisions based on the standard 12 Month Seasonal Calendar, be sure to check the characteristics of the 24 Month Political Election Calendar. Research shows that many characteristics of the traditional seasonal averages are actually induced by events in the 24 month political cycle, so the characteristics of even versus odd numbered years may be quite distinct. |
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| Thursday, March 18, 2010: We have news on MicroSoft, ticker symbol MSFT. Signs of an over-bought condition have become noticable. Also, there are breaking events concerning Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and LoJack Corp. From the News Archive: (3/17/2010 ) Favorable events happened at ACM Income Fund and Martha Stewart. Meanwhile, bad news came from Sempra Energy and Walmart. |