On this day in 1952 Temple Bar Investment Trust listed on the LSE.
The following chart plots the average monthly out-performance of the shares over the FTSE 100 Index since 1994. For example, on average Temple Bar Investment Trust has out-performed the FTSE 100 by 0.8 percentage points in August.
![Average monthly performance of Temple Bar Investment Trust [TMPL] relative to the FTSE 100 Index (1994-2012)](http://stockmarketalmanac.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Monthly-seasonality-of-shares-TMPL-2013.png "Monthly seasonality of shares [TMPL] (2013)")
Observations:
- The strongest month for Temple Bar Investment Trust shares relative to the market has been August (the shares have out-performed the market in this month in 13 of the last 19 years).
- The weakest month for Temple Bar Investment Trust relative to the market has been June (the shares have only out-performed the market in this month in 5 of the past 19 years).
