The takeaway
Franklin Responsibly Sourced Gold ETF shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 4 years of data — strongest in March (+7.2%) and softest in June (−2.1%).
Right now
In July, the fund has risen 50% of years, averaging +1.0%, roughly 1.2 pts behind the S&P 500.
The full picture
Franklin Responsibly Sourced Gold ETF's most dependable month has been March, higher in 3 of 3 years; June has been its least reliable, up just 0% of the time.
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Month by month
The fund's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in March (+6.2 pts); it has trailed the market most in June (−2.3 pts).
“vs S&P” is Franklin Responsibly Sourced Gold ETF’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Franklin Responsibly Sourced Gold ETF’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 3 years, March has closed higher 100% of the time versus 100% across the last 4 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) March 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
Dependability is the through-line here. March stands out, higher in all 3 Marches, but it heads a clutch of months that pull the year reliably upward.
Its average (+7.2%) and median (+7.2%) land within a hair of each other — the tell of steady, year-after-year gains rather than one outlier doing the work. It is also the calendar's calmest month, its returns swinging least from year to year (a 0.6% spread), and even its worst March in 4 years lost only 6.6% — the gentlest downside anywhere on its calendar. Crucially, the gain is the fund's own rather than a rising tide's: March has cleared the S&P 500 by +6.2 points above the index. That consistency sets it apart from the field, where the average stock manages March only about 56% of the time.
The strength clusters rather than stands alone — March–May forms a firm stretch that carries much of the year. The weaker half of the year is plainer: June has been the soft spot — the weakest of 2 months that average a loss (−2.1%), and the edge isn't year-round — the fund has trailed the S&P 500 in June, February, and July.
The takeaway is less about when to buy than what to expect: March aside, the fund's months offer little reliable tilt. With a short 4-year record, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the fund's best month (March), its worst (June), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2022 its best month (March, +7.2%) has run well ahead of its worst (June, −2.1%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
March has been the strongest, averaging +7.2% and closing higher in all 3 years on record since 2022.
It's the weakest, averaging −2.1% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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