The takeaway
Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF shows a moderate seasonal pattern over 4 years of data — strongest in January (+5.0%) and softest in February (−0.3%).
Right now
In July, the fund has risen 75% of years, averaging +2.7%, about +0.6 pts better than the S&P 500.
The full picture
Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF's most dependable month has been January, higher in 3 of 3 years; February has been its least reliable, up just 25% of the time.
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Month by month
The fund's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in January (+5.2 pts); it has trailed the market most in April (−4.7 pts).
“vs S&P” is Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 3 years, January has closed higher 100% of the time versus 100% across the last 4 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) January return and how often it rose — the last 3 years versus the last 4(the heatmap’s default window). This verdict stays anchored to that 4-year window even if you zoom the chart, so it never disagrees with the badges above.
In plain English
This is a fund you can almost set a calendar by, and January is the anchor — it has closed higher in all 3 Januaries, the steadiest beat on its year.
The strength looks broad-based rather than freakish: its average (+5.0%) and median (+3.7%) sit close together, so no single blow-out year is flattering the figure. No month is steadier: January's returns vary by just 1.9% year to year, and even its worst January in 4 years lost only 3.6% — the gentlest downside anywhere on its calendar. Better still, that strength is the fund's own and not just a buoyant market — January has outpaced the S&P 500 by +5.2 points on average. Few peers keep such company in January — the typical stock clears it just 53% of the time.
It doesn't stand entirely alone — March, June, and July have leaned firm as well, if less emphatically. On the other side of the ledger, February is the year's quietest corner, essentially flat on average, and the edge isn't year-round — the fund has trailed the S&P 500 in April, September, and December. Its roughest month on record was a −10.5% April in 2022 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
For a fund this dependable in January, the sharper question is the rest of the year — outside its strong stretch, the calendar gives far less to lean on. With a short 4-year record, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the fund's best month (January), its worst (February), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a moderate degree. Since 2022 its best month (January, +5.0%) has run well ahead of its worst (February, −0.3%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
January has been the strongest, averaging +5.0% and closing higher in all 3 years on record since 2022.
It's the weakest, averaging −0.3% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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