S&P 500 Financials (Sector) Total Return Annualized Price Returns Since Inception (Daily)

Annualized returns are period returns re-scaled to show the compound annual growth rate of the security. This allows investors to compare returns of different assets that they have owned for different lengths of time. It also gives the investor an idea of the returns that they would have returned per year if they had been invested in the security during the time frame of the annualized metric.

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