The patten of Dell$$s stock price$$reveals: which is the best answer?Date Stock Price Report Date

$9/1/201626\mathrm{.}47$

$10/1/201627\mathrm{.}18$

$11/1/201629\mathrm{.}66$

$12/1/201630\mathrm{.}44$

$1/1/201734\mathrm{.}88$

$2/1/201735\mathrm{.}16$

$3/1/201735\mathrm{.}48$

$4/1/201737\mathrm{.}16$

$5/1/201738\mathrm{.}42$

$6/1/201733\mathrm{.}842$

$7/1/201735\mathrm{.}59$

$8/1/201741\mathrm{.}49$

$9/1/201742\mathrm{.}75$

$10/1/201745\mathrm{.}83$

$11/1/201743\mathrm{.}32$

$12/1/201745\mathrm{.}01$

$1/1/201839\mathrm{.}70$

$2/1/201841\mathrm{.}14$

$3/1/201840\mathrm{.}54$

$4/1/201839\mathrm{.}74$

$5/1/201844\mathrm{.}66$

$6/1/201846\mathrm{.}83$

$7/1/201851\mathrm{.}23$

$8/1/201853\mathrm{.}25$ $

$9/1/201853\mathrm{.}78$ $

$10/1/201850\mathrm{.}05$ $

$11/1/201858\mathrm{.}41$ $

$12/1/201848\mathrm{.}87$ $

$1/1/201948\mathrm{.}59$ $

$2/1/201955\mathrm{.}82$ $

$3/1/201958\mathrm{.}69$ $

$4/1/201967\mathrm{.}41$ $

$5/1/201959\mathrm{.}55$ $

$6/1/201950\mathrm{.}80$ $

$7/1/201957\mathrm{.}74$ $

$8/1/201951\mathrm{.}53$ $

$9/1/201951\mathrm{.}86$ $

$10/1/201952\mathrm{.}89$ $

$11/1/201948\mathrm{.}49$ $

$12/1/201951\mathrm{.}39$

There is an upward trend with minimal seasonality.

There is both$$a strong upward trend and there are large $(>20\%)$ seasonal$$effects$.$

There are strong seasonal effects.

Shorting Dell in early $2016$ would have made investors money.

There is a downward trend in$$the stock price over time.