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Real Estate Select Sector SPDR FundETF · Sectors
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as of market close, Sep 18, 2026
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Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund drawdown: 17.9% below the all-time high

Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund is 17.9% below its all-time high, set Dec 31, 2021 (as of market close, Sep 18, 2026). The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.

Below all-time high
−17.9%
82.1% of ATH
All-time high
$51.81
Dec 31, 2021
Time below the high
4.7 yrs
since Dec 31, 2021
Worst-ever drawdown
−39.3%
Mar 23, 2020
Longest underwater
4.7 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
Apr 30, 2021
5.4 yrs ago
Last time this deep
Oct 30, 2020
in a previous episode

% of all-time high since 2015#

The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.

Basis
Range
All-time high = 100%60%70%80%90%
XLRE close · log50.00
201620182020202220242026

The deepest drawdowns on record#

Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
Feb 21, 2020Mar 23, 2020−39.3%31 daysApr 20, 202114 mo
Dec 31, 2021Oct 25, 2023−37.9%1.8 yrsnot yet4.7 yrs+
Aug 1, 2016Feb 8, 2018−15.5%1.5 yrsFeb 14, 20192.5 yrs

Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.

Drawdown vs what came next#

One dot per month since 2015: how far Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.

1950–19992000–today

Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.

FAQ#

How far is Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund from its all-time high?
Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund is currently 17.9% below its all-time high, set Dec 31, 2021 (as of market close, Sep 18, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
What was the biggest Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2015) took Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund 39.3% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 23, 2020. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from XLRE; no free deep history exists for Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.

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