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$45.92
-0.17%

Headline

Canadian materials drag XEQT lower as gold retreats and Warsh renews hawkish stance.

XEQT closed at $45.92, down 0.17%, as Canada supplied the overwhelming weight of that decline. Canadian materials fell 2.78% within the sleeve, pulled lower by gold's sharp 3.38% retreat, while energy and industrials added further pressure. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's reaffirmation of the inflation fight at Jackson Hole pushed bond yields higher and reinforced the session's cautious tone. The three remaining sleeves were effectively neutral, with the U.S. sleeve nearly flat and international developed markets edging fractionally higher.

How large is today's move?

Typical day · Today's -0.17% move is 0.4× 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

    25.85% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    -0.76% -0.20 pts from XEQT

    The Canadian sleeve fell 0.76%, contributing roughly 0.20 percentage points to XEQT's loss. Materials led the damage, declining 2.78% among the sectors tracked, reflecting gold's outsized drop. Energy fell nearly 1% and industrials shed 1.34%, while financials, the sleeve's largest sector at nearly 34%, posted a modest 0.13% gain that partially offset the broader weakness. The TSX marked its second consecutive weekly decline, with trade tensions and the hawkish Jackson Hole backdrop compounding the commodity pressure.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    44.78% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.02% +0.01 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve finished the day essentially flat at 0.02%, contributing less than 0.01 percentage points to XEQT's return. Technology fell 1.55% among tracked sectors, a notable reversal given recent AI-driven strength, while communication services and consumer discretionary rose 1.42% and 1.15% respectively, nearly absorbing the tech drag. A weakening Canadian dollar cushioned the sleeve's USD-denominated losses when translated back into CAD, keeping the blended return near zero despite a softer underlying session.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.43% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.06% +0.01 pts to XEQT

    International developed markets edged 0.06% higher, adding 0.01 percentage points to XEQT. Japan, the sleeve's largest country exposure at roughly 25%, was essentially unchanged. France contributed positively, while Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom posted modest declines among the markets tracked. The sleeve's near-flat result reflected broadly offsetting cross-country moves rather than any single dominant force.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.76% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -0.18% -0.01 pts from XEQT

    Emerging markets declined 0.18%, though the sleeve's small weight in XEQT limited the impact to roughly 0.01 percentage points. South Korea fell 1.07% among the tracked markets, snapping a three-day winning streak as investors reduced technology exposure amid external uncertainty. Taiwan-related equities declined 0.67%, while China posted a 0.60% gain that partially offset weakness elsewhere in the sleeve.

    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

Canada delivered virtually all of XEQT's decline, while three other sleeves contributed little in either direction, a configuration that contains rather than compounds the damage. Gold's 3.4% drop cut directly through Canadian materials, the TSX's second-largest tracked sector, and Warsh's hawkish tone at Jackson Hole added another headwind for rate-sensitive names. Friday's outcome is a clean illustration of how concentration within one sleeve can shape the fund's day without threatening its broader trajectory.

Signals

  • 01

    Gold drop concentrates Canada's loss

    Gold, a commodity that often serves as a store of value during uncertainty, fell 3.38% on Friday. That decline fed directly into Canadian materials, the TSX's second-largest tracked sector, which dropped 2.78% and alone accounted for the bulk of XEQT's session loss.

  • 02

    Rising yields drive U.S. rotation

    The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, a benchmark for borrowing costs across the economy, rose 1.03% on the day as markets absorbed Warsh's hawkish tone at Jackson Hole. Within the U.S. sleeve, technology fell sharply among tracked sectors while rate-sensitive names like utilities and consumer staples held firmer, a rotation worth watching as rate-hike expectations firm.

  • 03

    CAD weakness cushions U.S. sleeve

    The Canadian dollar weakened 0.42% against the U.S. dollar, meaningfully lifting the CAD-translated return of the U.S. sleeve's USD-denominated assets. Without that currency effect, the U.S. sleeve's contribution to XEQT would have been a small negative rather than near-flat, illustrating how exchange-rate moves quietly shape XEQT's daily outcome for Canadian holders.

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