All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
XLC real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, XLC returned +0.22% over the past year and −9.09% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jun. 19, 2018, XLC is up +78.98% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.49%/yr, and is currently −10.55% below its real total-return high on Jan. 30, 2026.
Data ending Thu Jul. 9, 2026
| Tue 2018-06-19💬 to Thu 2026-07-09 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLC × |
−9.09%
2026-07-09 |
+0.22%
2026-07-09 |
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| Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 2018-06-19💬 to Thu 2026-07-09 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLC × |
+78.98%
+7.49%/yr |
+8.15%/yr
(R2=0.536) |
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| Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 2018-06-19💬 to Thu 2026-07-09 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLC × |
$10,000.00
2018-06-19 |
$17,898.19
2026-07-09 |
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| Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | XLC |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −9.09% |
| 2025 | +19.87% |
| 2024 | +30.93% |
| 2023 | +47.87% |
| 2022 | −41.42% |
| 2021 | +8.34% |
| 2020 | +25.20% |
| 2019 | +28.12% |
| 2018 | −16.68% |
| Tue 2018-06-19💬 to Thu 2026-07-09 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLC × |
−10.55%
from 2026-01-30 peak |
−51.02%
2022-11-03 from 2021-09-01 peak |
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| Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-07-09 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLC × | +0.22% |
+21.11% +10.05%/yr |
+59.38% +16.81%/yr |
+15.21% +2.87%/yr |
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| Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
