The takeaway
TCW Multisector Credit Income ETF shows a slight seasonal lean over 2 years of data — strongest in May (+2.5%) and softest in April (−0.5%).
Right now
In July, the fund has risen 100% of years, averaging +0.8%, roughly 1.3 pts behind the S&P 500.
The full picture
TCW Multisector Credit Income ETF's most dependable month has been May, higher in 1 of 1 years; April 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 May (+1.8 pts); it has trailed the market most in April (−2.1 pts).
“vs S&P” is TCW Multisector Credit Income ETF’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating TCW Multisector Credit Income ETF’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Not enough recent May history to say whether the pattern still holds.
Figures are the typical (median) May return and how often it rose — the last 1 years versus the last 2(the heatmap’s default window). This verdict stays anchored to that 2-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 May is the anchor — it has closed higher in all 1 Mays, the steadiest beat on its year.
The strength looks broad-based rather than freakish: its average (+2.5%) and median (+2.5%) sit close together, so no single blow-out year is flattering the figure. No month is steadier: May's returns vary by just 0.0% year to year, and even its worst May in 2 years lost only 2.5% — the gentlest downside anywhere on its calendar. Better still, that strength is the fund's own and not just a buoyant market — May has outpaced the S&P 500 by +1.8 points on average. Few peers keep such company in May — the typical stock clears it just 55% of the time.
May anchors a run, too: the May-through-November window has been the fund's reliable season. On the other side of the ledger, April 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, July, and November.
For a fund this dependable in May, the sharper question is the rest of the year — outside its strong stretch, the calendar gives far less to lean on. With a short 2-year record, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the fund's best month (May), its worst (April), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Only mildly. The fund's months are fairly even — May is the firmest (+2.5%) and April the softest (−0.5%), a narrow spread that points to weak seasonality rather than a strong calendar effect.
May has been the strongest, averaging +2.5% and closing higher in its one year on record since 2024.
It's the weakest, averaging −0.5% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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