The takeaway
Horizon Kinetics Inflation Beneficiaries ETF shows a moderate seasonal pattern over 5 years of data — strongest in March (+3.8%) and softest in June (−1.6%).
Right now
In July, the fund has risen 60% of years, averaging +3.9%, about +1.8 pts better than the S&P 500.
The full picture
Horizon Kinetics Inflation Beneficiaries ETF's most dependable month has been March, higher in 5 of 5 years; June has been its least reliable, up just 20% of the time.
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Month by month
The fund's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in March (+2.8 pts); it has trailed the market most in April (−2.5 pts).
“vs S&P” is Horizon Kinetics Inflation Beneficiaries ETF’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Horizon Kinetics Inflation Beneficiaries ETF’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, March has closed higher 100% of the time versus 100% across the last 5 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) March return and how often it rose — the last 5 years versus the last 5(the heatmap’s default window). This verdict stays anchored to that 5-year window even if you zoom the chart, so it never disagrees with the badges above.
In plain English
Strip the year back and a single month does the heavy lifting: March, up in all 5 Marches while the other eleven tend to blur together.
Its average (+3.8%) and median (+4.9%) 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 2.0% spread), and even its worst March in 5 years lost only 0.1% — 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 +2.8 points above the index. That consistency sets it apart from the field, where the average stock manages March only about 56% of the time.
A few other months pull their weight: February, May, and July have also closed higher more often than not. On the other side of the ledger, June has been the soft spot — the weakest of 4 months that average a loss (−1.6%), and the edge isn't year-round — the fund has trailed the S&P 500 in April, December, and June. Its roughest month on record was a −10.3% June in 2022 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
March has now closed higher 5 years running.
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 5-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 moderate degree. Since 2021 its best month (March, +3.8%) has run well ahead of its worst (June, −1.6%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
March has been the strongest, averaging +3.8% and closing higher in all 5 years on record since 2021.
It's the weakest, averaging −1.6% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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