XLF · Annual Return — XLF's year-by-year ledger
Twenty-seven complete years. 2008 alone took -55%; 2009's +17% bounce was nowhere near enough to recover. 2023's regional-bank scare printed -16% intrayear before closing positive.
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This static page is built to answer searches for XLF · Annual Return. It summarizes the live dataset behind the XLF's year-by-year ledger panel and links to the full interactive chart.
Twenty-seven complete years. 2008 alone took -55%; 2009's +17% bounce was nowhere near enough to recover. 2023's regional-bank scare printed -16% intrayear before closing positive. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.
Latest Snapshot
- Updated
- 2026-05-11
- Average
- +798.0%
- Positive years
- 18
- Negative years
- 10
- Best year
- 2013 +3,554.0%
- Worst year
- 2008 -5,487.0%
- Observations
- 28
- Sample
- 1999-12-31 – 2026-12-31
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Data & Source
GET /api/fin/annual-returns.json — Canonical dataset endpoint.
Yahoo Finance · Macrotrends · Robert Shiller · FRED · S&P Global · Nasdaq · NBER.
FAQ
Where does this data come from?
History of Market combines public market and macro datasets including Yahoo Finance, Macrotrends, Robert Shiller, FRED, S&P Global, Nasdaq, and NBER. The exact endpoint for this panel is linked below.
How often is it updated?
Daily-tier datasets refresh after the U.S. market close, with a broader weekly refresh on Sunday. The timestamp shown on this page comes from the JSON payload.
Can I use the data?
Yes, for research and education with attribution to History of Market. Upstream data sources retain their own terms.