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XLK · 1998 to present

XLK · 1998 to present — XLK's twenty-seven-year arc

27-year chart — The XLK tech-sector ETF's full arc since 1998.

Listed December 1998, just before the dotcom peak. The curve contains a -83% collapse through 2002, a -50% GFC drawdown, a -34% 2022 print, and the AI-era recovery that followed.

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What this page answers

This static page is built to answer searches for XLK · 1998 to present. It summarizes the live dataset behind the XLK's twenty-seven-year arc panel and links to the full interactive chart.

Listed December 1998, just before the dotcom peak. The curve contains a -83% collapse through 2002, a -50% GFC drawdown, a -34% 2022 print, and the AI-era recovery that followed. 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

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Plate IV.1 Listed December 1998, just before the dotcom peak. The curve contains a -83% collapse through 2002, a -50% GFC drawdown, a -34% 2022 print, and the AI-era recovery that followed. 2026-08-14

Latest Snapshot

Updated
2026-08-14
Latest close
190.772026-08-13
Observations
6,952
Sample
1998-12-22 – 2026-08-13

Data & Source

GET /api/xlk/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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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.

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