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Midday Edition. Tuesday, July 7, 2026

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$45.26
-0.64%

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XEQT falls 0.64% as semiconductor concerns hit Asia and global tech.

XEQT fell 0.64% to $45.26 in midday trading as concerns about stretched technology valuations rippled across all four sleeves. Samsung Electronics' preliminary earnings forecast sparked a reassessment of artificial intelligence-related gains, hitting semiconductor-heavy markets hardest. Emerging Markets bore the bulk of the damage, down 2.71%, with Taiwan and South Korea losses totaling 1.3 percentage points of contribution. International Developed markets declined 1.06% as Japan, where semiconductor and technology exposure runs deep, fell 2.05%. The U.S. sleeve's 0.42% decline was cushioned by gains in health care and communications services that partially offset a sharp 1.82% pullback in technology stocks.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Typical day · This afternoon's -0.64% move is 1.1× 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

    24.89% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.05% +0.01 pts to XEQT

    Canada's sleeve added 0.013 percentage points despite the broader selloff, a small positive contribution driven by modest energy gains. Materials fell 2.43%, reflecting base metals weakness that the news cited as a drag on the TSX composite, but Canadian energy's 1.30% gain offset some of that pressure. Financials and technology together contributed modestly positive returns, keeping the overall sleeve nearly flat as the market absorbed international contagion.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.38% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.42% -0.19 pts from XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve declined 0.42% as technology stocks retreated 1.82%, though health care's 1.51% advance and communication services' 0.99% gain provided a counterweight. Industrials fell 2.32%, their steepest sector loss, while consumer discretionary and financials showed only modest declines. The sleeve's relative resilience compared to international exposures reflects the breadth of the U.S. market and the presence of rate-sensitive and dividend-paying sectors that held their ground.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.59% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -1.06% -0.26 pts from XEQT

    International Developed markets fell 1.06%, with Japan's 2.05% decline accounting for the lion's share of the sleeve's weakness. The Samsung earnings shock reverberated through Tokyo's chipmaker-heavy technology sector, while a 0.94 percentage point rise in the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield pressured the region's fixed-income-sensitive names. The UK's FTSE 100 edged higher on energy sector gains from Shell, and other developed markets showed mixed action, but Japan's weight pulled the entire sleeve lower.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.92% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -2.71% -0.13 pts from XEQT

    Emerging Markets fell 2.71%, the steepest sleeve decline, as Taiwan and South Korea together contributed 2.3 percentage points of losses. Taiwan's 4.75% drop reflected a rotation out of electronics amid AI valuation concerns, while South Korea's 4.59% decline was severe enough to trigger circuit breakers in trading. China and India posted modest losses, and the overall sleeve's sharp decline underscores the region's concentration in semiconductors and technology-linked growth stories vulnerable to shifts in the AI narrative.

    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.

The Hold Line

XEQT's decline reflects a broad retrenchment from stretched semiconductor and technology valuations rather than stress in the broader portfolio. Emerging Markets suffered the sharpest losses, driven by Taiwan and South Korea's combined 2.3 percentage point drag as investors reassessed AI-related growth expectations. The U.S. sleeve held relatively steady despite technology's 1.8% decline, supported by gains in health care and communications services. For a long-term holder, this session underscores the diversification value of owning non-technology-intensive regions and sectors; when one narrative dominates markets, a global portfolio tends to absorb shocks more gently than concentrated exposures.

Signals

  • 01

    Samsung shock refocuses markets on earnings reality

    Samsung's earnings forecast triggered a global reassessment of technology and semiconductor valuations, most acutely in Asia where chip manufacturing concentration is highest. For an XEQT holder, this marks a return to earnings-driven momentum shifts after months of AI-fueled gains; the portfolio's diversification across sectors and geographies meant no single sleeve or holding could dominate the daily outcome.

  • 02

    US Treasury yields climb on fiscal and rate signals

    The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose nearly 0.94 percentage points, a meaningful climb that typically pressures fixed-income-sensitive sectors and growth-at-any-price names. This move correlates with weakness in utilities, communications services, and industrials, though the U.S. sleeve's defensive sectors held relatively steady, suggesting the yield move was absorbed without panic.

  • 03

    Asia semiconductors bear brunt of AI pullback

    Taiwan and South Korea, which together make up nearly 49% of the Emerging Markets sleeve, fell a combined average of 4.7% as investors fled technology-heavy exposures amid concerns about stretched AI valuations. Their combined contribution of 2.3 percentage points underscores how concentration in a single region and sector can amplify short-term volatility, even within a globally diversified portfolio.

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