State Street SPDR S&P Software & Services ETF

XSW

Market cap $370M

A specter is haunting Wall Street—the specter of the “SaaSpocalypse.” Since the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) peaked on September 19, 2025, it has fallen roughly 30%.

I added State Street SPDR S&P Software & Services ETF to my model portfolio for its beaten-down price and attractive valuation. XSW offers diversified, equal-weighted exposure to 140 software and services stocks, avoiding heavy concentration in mega-caps. Despite a 20% YTD decline and lagging major tech benchmarks, XSW trades at a forward PE of 19x with projected 14.3% EPS growth.

A smart beta exchange traded fund, the State Street SPDR S&P Software & Services ETF (XSW) debuted on 09/28/2011, and offers broad exposure to the Technology ETFs category of the market.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a growing source of market panic these days, with investors increasingly questioning the long-term viability of labor-intensive business models. Recent releases from AI startups have intensified these concerns by introducing tools capable of automating tasks in legal, marketing, finance, and research functions.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Technology - Software segment of the equity market, the State Street SPDR S&P Software & Services ETF (XSW) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on September 28, 2011.

Software stocks have been pummeled on worries that AI will start eating into their business. EMJ Capital founder and president Eric Jackson says he is "very bullish" on AI, but that the sell-off in legacy software stocks is "real" with the space seeing a "repricing.

XSW tracks the S&P Software & Services Select Industry index through a passive replication mechanism. The result is about 140 holdings, where the average weight of each security is around 0.71%, which leaves room for mid- and small caps. The 28% drop from the highs highlights a divergence between the performance of the U.S. software segment and the tech segment in general.

Launched on 09/28/2011, the State Street SPDR S&P Software & Services ETF (XSW) is a smart beta exchange traded fund offering broad exposure to the Technology ETFs category of the market.

Wall Street eyes a bullish 2026 as GDP looks likely to accelerate, AI mania continues and earnings solidify. ETFs like RSP, XLV and XSW come into focus.

Looking for broad exposure to the Technology - Software segment of the equity market? You should consider the State Street SPDR S&P Software & Services ETF (XSW), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on September 28, 2011.