The takeaway
PIMCO Access Income Fund shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 4 years of data — strongest in November (+6.7%) and softest in October (−3.9%).
Right now
In July, the stock has risen 75% of years, averaging +3.0%, about +0.9 pts better than the S&P 500.
The full picture
PIMCO Access Income Fund's most dependable month has been November, higher in 4 of 4 years; October has been its least reliable, up just 0% of the time.
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Month by month
The stock's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in November (+4.4 pts); it has trailed the market most in December (−6.2 pts).
“vs S&P” is PIMCO Access Income Fund’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating PIMCO Access Income Fund’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 4 years, November has closed higher 100% of the time versus 100% across the last 4 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) November return and how often it rose — the last 4 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
The seasonal story is really one month's story — November. It has closed higher in all 4 Novembers, a concentration the rest of the calendar can't touch.
The strength looks broad-based rather than freakish: its average (+6.7%) and median (+7.6%) sit close together, so no single blow-out year is flattering the figure. Better still, that strength is the stock's own and not just a buoyant market — November has outpaced the S&P 500 by +4.4 points on average. Few peers keep such company in November — the typical stock clears it just 62% of the time.
It doesn't stand entirely alone — January, June, and July have leaned firm as well, if less emphatically. On the other side of the ledger, October has been the soft spot — the weakest of 4 months that average a loss (−3.9%), and the edge isn't year-round — the stock has trailed the S&P 500 in December, October, and April.
For a stock this dependable in November, 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 stock's best month (November), its worst (October), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2022 its best month (November, +6.7%) has run well ahead of its worst (October, −3.9%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
November has been the strongest, averaging +6.7% and closing higher in all 4 years on record since 2022.
It's the weakest, averaging −3.9% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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