Financial Select Sector (XLF): Twenty-Seven Year Historical Trajectory
XLF, financials ETF: $54.19 as of 2026-09-28.
Financial Sector 27-Year History — Price trajectory of the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) through credit cycles, regulatory overhaul, and rate shifts.
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- 1998-12-22 – 2026-09-28
Tracing the financial sector ETF from late 1998 through the historic 84% cumulative collapse during the 2008 global financial crisis and the post-crisis consolidation.
What this page answers
This static page is built to answer searches for XLF · 1998 to present. It summarizes the live dataset behind the Financial Select Sector (XLF): Twenty-Seven Year Historical Trajectory panel and links to the full interactive chart.
Tracing the financial sector ETF from late 1998 through the historic 84% cumulative collapse during the 2008 global financial crisis and the post-crisis consolidation. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.
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.