Seasonality
XLRE seasonality — Real Estate
Over the last 11 years, XLRE's strongest month on average has been November (+4.2%) and its weakest September (-4.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.17% | +1.00% | 60% | +10.7% | -8.6% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.38% | +1.34% | 60% | +5.8% | -6.8% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.79% | -0.30% | 50% | +7.2% | -15.7% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.32% | -0.18% | 50% | +9.4% | -8.4% | 10 |
| May | +0.30% | +1.09% | 70% | +5.1% | -5.1% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.57% | +0.88% | 80% | +4.6% | -7.6% | 10 |
| Jul | +3.22% | +2.05% | 90% | +8.5% | -0.0% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.81% | +1.59% | 60% | +5.7% | -5.6% | 10 |
| Sep | -4.19% | -3.18% | 20% | +2.6% | -13.9% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.21% | -0.81% | 40% | +7.6% | -3.3% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.22% | +4.17% | 78% | +12.5% | -1.7% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.90% | -0.74% | 50% | +9.3% | -9.6% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — XLRE
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.7 | 5.8 | -6.9 | 8.7 | -0.9 | 0.1 | 2.4 | -2.1 | -7.2 | 5.5 | 3.4 | +10.6% | |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 4.2 | -3.0 | -1.3 | 1.0 | -0.7 | -0.0 | 2.2 | -0.4 | -2.9 | 1.9 | -3.2 | -0.8% |
| 2024 | -4.8 | 2.6 | 1.1 | -8.4 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 2.6 | -3.3 | 4.2 | -9.6 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 9.9 | -5.9 | -2.2 | 1.0 | -4.5 | 4.6 | 1.3 | -3.1 | -8.0 | -2.9 | 12.5 | 7.6 | +8.5% |
| 2022 | -8.6 | -4.8 | 7.2 | -3.6 | -5.1 | -7.6 | 8.5 | -5.6 | -13.9 | 2.0 | 6.8 | -5.9 | -28.7% |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 8.3 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | -6.8 | 7.6 | -0.9 | 9.3 | +41.7% |
| 2020 | 1.4 | -6.2 | -15.7 | 9.4 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 4.2 | -0.0 | -2.7 | -3.2 | 6.9 | 0.2 | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 10.7 | 1.1 | 4.3 | -0.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 0.3 | -0.0 | -1.7 | 0.1 | +24.7% |
| 2018 | -1.9 | -6.8 | 3.2 | -0.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 2.4 | -3.7 | -1.6 | 5.5 | -8.4 | -5.9% |
| 2017 | -0.1 | 4.7 | -1.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | -2.1 | 0.8 | 2.9 | -1.5 | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 2.5 |