State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLE) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 3.47% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 14.99%. Currently, State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF has a market capitalization of $35.87 billion.

Buying $1000 In XLE: If an investor had bought $1000 of XLE stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,053.33 today based on a price of $53.26 for XLE at the time of writing.

State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF’s Performance Over Last 5 Years

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Finally -- what’s the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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