All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
XLB real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, XLB returned +10.31% over the past year and +5.49% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLB is up +352.71% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.66%/yr, and is currently ā10.29% below its real total-return high on Feb. 11, 2026.
| Tue 1998-12-22? to Tue 2026-05-19 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLB × |
+5.49%
2026-05-19 |
+10.31%
2026-05-19 |
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| Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 1998-12-22? to Tue 2026-05-19 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLB × |
+352.71%
+5.66%/yr |
+5.99%/yr
(R2=0.923) |
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| Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 1998-12-22? to Tue 2026-05-19 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLB × |
$10,000.00
1998-12-22 |
$45,271.22
2026-05-19 |
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| Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | XLB |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +5.49% |
| 2025 | +7.08% |
| 2024 | ā2.65% |
| 2023 | +8.82% |
| 2022 | ā17.63% |
| 2021 | +19.06% |
| 2020 | +18.84% |
| 2019 | +21.36% |
| 2018 | ā16.47% |
| 2017 | +21.45% |
| 2016 | +14.43% |
| 2015 | ā9.36% |
| 2014 | +6.38% |
| 2013 | +24.12% |
| 2012 | +12.74% |
| 2011 | ā13.49% |
| 2010 | +18.78% |
| 2009 | +44.23% |
| 2008 | ā44.10% |
| 2007 | +17.39% |
| 2006 | +16.10% |
| 2005 | +0.63% |
| 2004 | +9.91% |
| 2003 | +34.87% |
| 2002 | ā7.53% |
| 2001 | +0.58% |
| 2000 | ā14.09% |
| 1999 | +20.54% |
| 1998 | +5.27% |
| Tue 1998-12-22? to Tue 2026-05-19 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLB × |
ā10.29%
from 2026-02-11 peak |
ā59.11%
2009-03-02 from 2008-05-20 peak |
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| Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Tue 2026-05-19 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLB × | +10.31% |
+4.05% +2.00%/yr |
+20.47% +6.40%/yr |
+0.92% +0.18%/yr |
+87.59% +6.49%/yr |
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| Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||