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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
But it's a weird data set, now that you mention it. The cruxes of each line seem to happen definitively at months 3, 6, and 9, as if this chart is based on quarterly earnings reports but for some reason doesn't get to include the fourth quarter report in December each year. Missing data aside, this would mean that the September number is probably the amount spent in the months of June, July, and August combined.
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Indeed it is.
Well, it does say "Nine most recently reported quarters"
1st, 2nd and 3rd of 2007, 1st, 2nd and 3rd of 2008 and 1st, 2nd and 3rd of 2009.
Exactly what happened to the fourth quarter of each year remains a mystery.
That is quite weird.