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Midday Edition. Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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$43.15
-0.09%

Headline

Rising yields and a weak U.S. session keep XEQT slightly lower at midday.

XEQT is trading at $43.15, down 0.09% so far on Tuesday, as a broad decline in U.S. equities offsets gains in Canada and international developed markets. The U.S. sleeve is the dominant drag, contributing roughly -0.27 percentage points, as rising Treasury yields continue to pressure equity valuations across most sectors. Canada and international developed markets are each adding a modest offset, but not enough to turn the fund positive.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Typical day · This afternoon's -0.09% move is 0.2× the 20-day average move.

This scale measures size, not what to do. Larger moves are a normal part of holding a global all-equity fund.

The Regions

  • Canada

    25.28% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.31% +0.08 pts to XEQT

    XIC.TO is up 0.31%, the strongest sleeve in the fund at midday. The gain is internally divided: Canadian materials are down sharply at -3.17%, consistent with softness in copper and gold prices, while energy is up 2.21% and financials are adding 0.75%, together more than offsetting the materials drag. Information technology is also contributing positively, up 2.25% among the sectors tracked.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.35% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.59% -0.27 pts from XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve is down 0.59%, with losses spread across consumer discretionary, communication services, industrials, and financials. Technology, despite its large weight, is only marginally lower at -0.15%. Health care is a notable exception, up 1.10% and providing partial relief. The 10-year Treasury yield rising nearly one percent on the day is consistent with the broad pressure on rate-sensitive and growth-oriented sectors.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.34% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.38% +0.09 pts to XEQT

    XEF.TO is up 0.38%, contributing +0.09 pp despite weakness across several European markets. Italy, Spain, and France are all lower among the markets tracked here, while Japan is nearly flat. The sleeve's positive reading suggests strength in markets not fully captured in the breakdown, with Australia also showing modest softness.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.88% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -0.75% -0.04 pts from XEQT

    XEC.TO is down 0.75%, though the picture is mixed beneath the surface. Taiwan and India are both lower, contributing the bulk of the sleeve's decline, while South Korea is up 0.87% and China is marginally positive. The net effect is a -0.037 pp contribution to XEQT, small in absolute terms but reflecting genuine cross-regional divergence.

    Emerging Markets market region icon

Colored bars represent biggest contributors to XEQT's move this afternoon (threshold = ±0.1 percentage points). Returns are daily ETF price moves for tracked regional or sector categories and may differ slightly from raw index movements.

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The Hold Line

A move of 0.09% sits well within ordinary daily variation; the recent 20-day average absolute move is 0.61%, making this session roughly one-fifth of that norm. The YTD return of +7.45% and the three-month return of +3.55% frame the context more usefully than any single midday reading. What is worth noting is that the portfolio's construction is doing its job: Canada and international developed markets are partially absorbing U.S. weakness rather than amplifying it. The 52-week high at $43.85 remains 1.6% away.

Signals

  • 01

    Treasury yields pressure U.S. equities broadly

    The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, which reflects what investors demand to lend to the U.S. government for a decade and acts as a benchmark cost of capital for equities, has risen 0.95% so far in the session to 4.67%, consistent with the broad selloff across U.S. consumer, financial, and industrial sectors. For an XEQT holder, the U.S. sleeve's -0.267 pp drag is the fund's largest single headwind at midday, and its persistence will depend in part on where yields settle by the close.

  • 02

    XTOT and CAD-adjusted ITOT diverge sharply

    The CAD-listed XTOT is down 0.84% while ITOT, translated into Canadian dollars, is down only 0.23%, a gap of 0.61 percentage points driven primarily by currency dynamics rather than different underlying holdings. The Canadian dollar slipped slightly against the U.S. dollar, softening the CAD translation of USD-denominated returns; this FX cushion is embedded in the blended U.S. sleeve return but is worth recognizing as a recurring feature of holding a CAD-denominated global fund.

  • 03

    Gold and copper weigh on Canadian materials

    Gold is down 1.07% and copper is down 1.77% so far in the session, and Canadian materials are reflecting both moves with a decline of 3.17%, the steepest single-sector drop in the entire fund. This divergence from the energy and financials-led Canadian sleeve gain illustrates how commodity price direction can split a single sleeve in opposite directions on the same day.

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