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XLF · 1998 to present

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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XLF · 1998 to present — Financial Select Sector (XLF): Twenty-Seven Year Historical Trajectory51020502000 Dot-com peak2008 Lehman fails2020 COVID trough20222024540.50.81.01.32000200520102015202020250.5× vs S&P TRETF total return ÷ S&P 500 total return · start = 1
Plate V.2 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. Data through 2026-09-28

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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.

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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.

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Data & Source

GET /api/fin/price.json — Canonical dataset endpoint.

Exchange closing prices · Company filings · Robert Shiller · FRED · NBER.

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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.

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