State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLE) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 6.7% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 17.53%. Currently, State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF has a market capitalization of $39.84 billion.

Buying $100 In XLE: If an investor had bought $100 of XLE stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $217.90 today based on a price of $57.74 for XLE at the time of writing.

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

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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