All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

XLY: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

XLY real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, XLY returned +0.08% over the past year and −3.05% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 22, 1998, XLY is up +523.11% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.78%/yr, and is currently −6.89% below its real total-return high on Jan. 12, 2026.

Data ending Fri Nov. 13, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Fri 2026-11-13 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
XLY
×
+523.11%
+6.78%/yr
+8.22%/yr
R2=0.864
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 1998-12-22💬 to Fri 2026-11-13 Start
Value
End
Value
XLY
×
$10,000.00
1998-12-22
$62,310.51
2026-11-13

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-11-13

  YTD YoY
XLY
×
−3.05% +0.08%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
XLY
×
−6.89%
on 2026-11-13
from 2026-01-12 peak
−60.56%
on 2008-11-20
from 2007-02-20 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-11-13 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
XLY
×
+0.08% +4.35%
+2.15%/yr
+38.06%
+11.35%/yr
+0.69%
+0.14%/yr
+138.38%
+9.08%/yr

Annual Returns

Year XLY
2026 (YTD) −3.05%
2025 +4.57%
2024 +22.97%
2023 +35.11%
2022 −40.15%
2021 +19.52%
2020 +27.89%
2019 +25.52%
2018 −0.32%
2017 +20.28%
2016 +3.82%
2015 +9.10%
2014 +8.64%
2013 +40.62%
2012 +21.49%
2011 +2.94%
2010 +25.58%
2009 +36.85%
2008 −33.03%
2007 −17.06%
2006 +15.50%
2005 −9.67%
2004 +9.32%
2003 +34.67%
2002 −20.55%
2001 +11.01%
2000 −19.60%
1999 +16.38%
1998 +2.60%