State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF

An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.

XLF trades at 51.65 USD today, its price has fallen −0.08% in the past 24 hours. Track more dynamics on XLF price chart.

XLF net asset value is 51.67 today — it's fallen 6.54% over the past month. NAV represents the total value of the fund's assets less liabilities and serves as a gauge of the fund's performance.

XLF price has fallen by −5.00% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a −0.23% decrease. See more dynamics on XLF price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have fallen by −6.54% over the last month, showed a −3.39% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 1.30% in a year.

Since ETFs work like an individual stock, they can be bought and sold on exchanges (e.g. NASDAQ, NYSE, EURONEXT). As it happens with stocks, you need to select a brokerage to access trading. Explore our list of available brokers to find the one to help execute your strategies. Don't forget to do your research before getting to trading. Explore ETFs metrics in our ETF screener to find a reliable opportunity.

No, XLF isn't leveraged, meaning it doesn't use borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.

In some ways, ETFs are safe investments, but in a broader sense, they're not safer than any other asset, so it's crucial to analyze a fund before investing. But if your research gives a vague answer, you can always refer to technical analysis.
Today, XLF technical analysis shows the sell rating and its 1-week rating is sell. Since market conditions are prone to changes, it's worth looking a bit further into the future — according to the 1-month rating XLF shows the buy signal. See more of XLF technicals for a more comprehensive analysis.