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Midday Edition. Friday, August 14, 2026

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$46.16
-0.46%

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XEQT slides to -0.46% as technology weakness spreads across all four sleeves.

XEQT has slipped to -0.46% by midday, extending its earlier -0.17% decline as weakness broadened across all four sleeves. The U.S. sleeve, which carries 45% of the fund's weight, fell 0.62% and accounts for nearly 57% of today's loss; within that sleeve, technology stocks declined 0.63%, offsetting modest gains in energy and industrials. Canada turned negative after early gains, dragged down by a 2.82% drop in information technology. International developed markets slipped 0.62%, pulled lower by Japan and Switzerland. Emerging markets, which showed resilience in early trading, have deteriorated sharply to -0.59%, with Taiwan weakness outweighing support from South Korea and China.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Typical day · This afternoon's -0.46% move is 0.7× 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

    25.55% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    -0.12% -0.03 pts from XEQT

    Canada's sleeve turned slightly negative at -0.12% after early gains, with information technology shares falling sharply and dragging the broader index lower. Financials, which make up a third of the sleeve, eased 0.43%, while consumer staples and industrials added small declines. Materials and energy, which together account for a third of the sleeve, managed modest gains of around 1.09% each, but were insufficient to overcome the tech pullback.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.31% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.62% -0.28 pts from XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve is the primary driver of today's decline, falling 0.62% and contributing over half of XEQT's loss. Technology stocks slipped 0.63%, representing a significant headwind given their 35.6% weight within the sleeve. Health care declined 0.57%, while financials edged 0.11% lower. Energy was the clear bright spot, rising 1.55% on the back of modestly higher crude oil prices, though its 3.5% sleeve allocation limits its offsetting power. A meaningful currency effect is at work: the Canadian dollar strengthened 0.43% against the U.S. greenback, which reduced the CAD value of U.S. equity returns.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.39% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -0.62% -0.15 pts from XEQT

    International developed markets lost 0.62%, with Japan's 0.35% decline contributing the largest drag within the sleeve. Rising Japanese government bond yields amid speculation over Bank of Japan rate hikes have weighed on equities there. Switzerland, Australia, and Hong Kong also declined, though Germany, France, and the Netherlands posted small gains. The declines in rate-sensitive sectors within developed Europe underscore the pressure from rising bond yields globally, which have crimped valuations in areas already challenging this year.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.69% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -0.59% -0.03 pts from XEQT

    Emerging markets fell 0.59%, a sharp reversal from resilience earlier in the day. Taiwan, which represents 28.4% of the sleeve, declined 0.56%, and India dropped 0.41%, together erasing support from other areas. South Korea added 0.45% on the back of semiconductor strength tied to U.S. technology-sector dynamics, while China held near flat with a 0.33% gain. The net effect reflects dispersion within the group rather than uniform weakness, though the larger index contributors outweighed the gains.

    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

The move has broadened since the open edition, with U.S. technology weakness becoming more pronounced and emerging markets joining the decline. A mix of softer U.S. inflation data and rising Treasury yields appears to have worked against duration-sensitive equities and growth-oriented sectors globally. The session reflects normal volatility rather than unusual stress; XEQT remains well above its 52-week low and substantially ahead for the year, with no structural concern warranted from a single-session pullback.

Signals

  • 01

    Broad four-sleeve decline

    All four sleeves are negative for the first time in several sessions, signaling a broad-based pullback rather than a concentrated or regional decline. For a long-term XEQT holder, such synchronized weakness across geographies and sectors suggests a macro headwind such as rising real yields or near-term profit-taking, rather than fundamental deterioration in specific regions or asset classes.

  • 02

    Treasury yields climb sharply

    The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has risen 0.97% to 4.6860%, pressuring rate-sensitive sectors globally and raising the discount rate applied to equities, especially growth-oriented and technology names. This matters because rising yields typically reduce the present value of future corporate earnings and disproportionately hurt the largest sleeve in XEQT, which carries heavy technology exposure.

  • 03

    Canadian dollar strength

    The Canadian dollar strengthened 0.43% against the U.S. greenback, reducing the CAD value of U.S. equity holdings and creating a headwind that amplified the translated decline in the U.S. sleeve. For a Canadian-dollar XEQT holder, currency strength is a double-edged sword: while it boosts purchasing power on U.S. travel and imports, it temporarily dampens the reported CAD returns on U.S. equity exposure when the U.S. market itself is also declining.

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