The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (Ticker: XLF) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Financial Select Sector Index. The Select Sector SPDRs are ETFs that result from the division of the Standard & Poor's 500 index into nine sector indexes. The Financial Sector Index represents the financial portion of the S&P 500 Total Market Index. It includes companies from the following industries: commercial banks, capital markets, diversified financial services, insurance and real estate.