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$45.07
-0.29%

Headline

Canada and the U.S. weigh on XEQT as the Fed signals a possible rate hike.

XEQT closed at $45.07, down 0.29%, as the Federal Reserve held rates steady under new chair Kevin Warsh but signalled a possible hike before year-end, sending bond yields and the U.S. dollar higher while equities fell broadly. Canada was the session's largest drag, contributing -0.19 percentage points, with materials and industrials among the tracked sectors posting the steepest losses. The U.S. sleeve added another -0.17 pp, led lower by communication services and consumer discretionary within the tracked exposures. International developed and emerging markets both closed in the green, with Japan and Taiwan-related equities providing meaningful offsets that kept the fund's overall decline modest.

How large is today's move?

Typical day · Today's -0.29% move is 0.3× 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

    25.31% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    -0.76% -0.19 pts from XEQT

    XIC fell 0.76%, pulling back from recent record levels as the S&P/TSX composite shed more than 250 points. Among tracked sectors, industrials, materials, and energy each declined more than 1.4%, while financials bucked the trend with a 0.53% gain that partially offset the damage.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    44.93% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.38% -0.17 pts from XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve lost 0.38%, with the Fed announcement lifting the 10-year Treasury yield to 4.46% and strengthening the U.S. dollar. Communication services and consumer discretionary were the weakest tracked sectors, down 2.78% and 2.51% respectively, while U.S. technology held up relatively well, declining only 0.34%.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.56% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.19% +0.05 pts to XEQT

    XEF gained 0.19%, the result of a sharp split within the sleeve: Japan rose 0.35% and the Netherlands 1.09%, while most European markets tracked here retreated, with France and Sweden falling more than 1.7%. The JPY/CAD cross gained 1.15%, amplifying Japan's contribution to the sleeve in Canadian-dollar terms.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.00% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +0.72% +0.04 pts to XEQT

    XEC posted the day's strongest sleeve return at 0.72%, driven almost entirely by Taiwan-related equities, which rose 1.27% and contributed +0.34 percentage points within the tracked portion of the sleeve. China-related equities fell 2.09%, and South Korea edged lower, meaning Taiwan's gain more than offset weakness elsewhere among the covered exposures.

    Emerging Markets market region icon

Colored bars represent biggest contributors to XEQT's move today (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.

The Hold Line

Three of XEQT's four sleeves moved by less than 0.4%, and today's 0.29% decline is barely a third of the recent 20-day average absolute move, suggesting the session was more a reaction to a single macro event than any structural shift. The Federal Reserve's rate signal drove U.S. equity weakness, lifted the dollar, and pressured rate-sensitive sectors, yet the fund's two international sleeves posted gains, cushioning the outcome. That kind of regional offset is exactly what a globally diversified structure is designed to produce, and the rolling-month return of +3.82% remains intact.

Signals

  • 01

    Fed rate-hike signal lifts yields and dollar

    The Federal Reserve, under new chair Kevin Warsh, held its benchmark lending rate steady for a fourth consecutive meeting but updated projections pointed to a possible rate increase before year-end, pushing the 10-year Treasury yield up 0.79% to 4.46% and the U.S. Dollar Index up 0.84%. For XEQT holders, the rate signal mattered most through its compression of rate-sensitive U.S. sectors, though the fund's international sleeves provided a partial buffer on the day.

  • 02

    VIX jumps 12% on Fed uncertainty

    The VIX, a measure of expected near-term volatility in U.S. equities derived from options pricing, surged 12.37% to 18.44, reflecting a broad repricing of risk across asset classes following the Fed announcement. The pickup in the VIX was consistent with broad-based weakness across Canada and the U.S. while international developed and emerging market sleeves held firmer, a split worth watching if the rate narrative continues to evolve.

  • 03

    Taiwan lifts emerging markets sleeve

    Taiwan-related equities advanced 1.27% and contributed +0.34 pp within the tracked emerging markets exposures, more than offsetting a 2.09% decline in China-related equities and a modest retreat in South Korea, producing a net sleeve gain of 0.72% for XEC. With emerging markets now up 28.09% year-to-date, the sleeve's ability to generate positive returns even on a risk-off day underscores how much of its momentum has been concentrated in a single country weight.

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