2025 Portfolio Review: Benefiting As The Market Broadens

2026-01-02 11:21:12 ET

Market Recap

2025 was the third year in a row of strong double digit positive returns for the S&P 500, with the SPDR® S&P 500 ETF Trust ( SPY ) returning 17.6% including dividends, just under the 20%+ returns seen in 2023 and 2024 . 2025 was also like 2024 in that 3 of the 11 sectors beat the average another 3 delivered solid mid-teens returns. As measured by the total return of the Select Sector SPDRs, Technology ( XLK ) reclaimed the top spot, returning 24.6%. Last year's winner, Communication Services ( XLC ), took second, returning 23.1%. This is no surprise, given the dominant Artificial Intelligence / Data Center theme of the year. The next two sectors are ancillary plays to this theme, dealing with construction and power to the data centers: Industrials ( XLI ) at 19.4% and Utilities ( XLU ) at 16.0%. Financials ( XLF ) and Health Care ( XLV ) rounded out the top 6, with the latter coming on especially strong in the second half....

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