XLF · 1998 to present — XLF's twenty-seven-year arc
27-year chart — The XLF financials ETF's full arc since 1998.
Listed December 1998, same vintage as XLK. The deepest mark on this curve is 2008 — a cumulative -84% drawdown, the deepest in the sector's entire modern history.
What this page answers
This static page is built to answer searches for XLF · 1998 to present. It summarizes the live dataset behind the XLF's twenty-seven-year arc panel and links to the full interactive chart.
Listed December 1998, same vintage as XLK. The deepest mark on this curve is 2008 — a cumulative -84% drawdown, the deepest in the sector's entire modern history. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.
The plate
Latest Snapshot
- Updated
- 2026-08-14
- Latest close
- 58.262026-08-13
- Observations
- 6,952
- Sample
- 1998-12-22 – 2026-08-13
Data & Source
GET /api/fin/price.json — Canonical dataset endpoint.
Exchange closing prices · Company filings · Robert Shiller · FRED · NBER.
FAQ
Where does this data come from?
History of Market combines public market and macro datasets — exchange closing prices, company filings, Robert Shiller, FRED, NBER, and the UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook (Dimson–Marsh–Staunton). 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.