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Back Up the Truck On This 7.8% Dividend as Rates Rise

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This latest shift toward interest rate hikes has sent income investors into a tizzy. That's great for us, because they're tossing out one terrific fund kicking out a 7.8% dividend that's grown.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond

    Long-term bonds move when yields change

  • IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond

    Treasury bonds move when yields change

  • SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond

    Short-term bonds move when the Fed changes rates

  • SPY SPDR S&P 500

    Stocks move when the Fed changes the rate path

  • JPM JPMorgan Chase

    Bank profits move with lending and interest rates

  • BAC Bank of America

    Bank profits move with lending and interest rates

  • GS Goldman Sachs

    Bank profits move with lending and interest rates

  • XLF Financial Select Sector SPDR

    A fund of financial companies

  • KRE SPDR S&P Regional Banking

    Regional banks are sensitive to interest rates

  • FAS DIREXION DAILY FINANCIAL BULL 3X ETF

    GA selected FAS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: financial. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
TLT———————
IEF———————
SHY———————
SPY———————
JPM———————
BAC———————
GS———————
XLF———————
KRE———————
FAS———————

This latest shift toward interest rate hikes has sent income investors into a tizzy. That's great for us, because they're tossing out one terrific fund kicking out a 7.8% dividend that's grown.

Source: Nasdaq Markets

How far Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS) has moved since 24 Sep 2026

Since the first closing price after “Back Up the Truck On This 7.8% Dividend as Rates Rise,” Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS) is +0.33%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.62% over the same days, a +0.95% difference versus the market.

FAS
SPY

Who gains and who loses around Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS)

Companies mentioned with this story

  • FAS Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf

    For “Back Up the Truck On This 7.8% Dividend as Rates Rise,” Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected FAS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: financial. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • XLF Select Sector Spdr Tr

    In “Back Up the Truck On This 7.8% Dividend as Rates Rise,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLF) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Rate-policy changes can alter funding costs, net-interest margins, and financial-sector valuation

  • KRE Spdr Series Trust

    Spdr Series Trust (KRE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 24 Sep 2026 story “Back Up the Truck On This 7.8% Dividend as Rates Rise.” Reason on file: Rate-policy changes can alter funding costs, net-interest margins, and financial-sector valuation

  • AGEM Abrdn Emerging Markets Dividend Active Etf

    In “Back Up the Truck On This 7.8% Dividend as Rates Rise,” Abrdn Emerging Markets Dividend Active Etf (AGEM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AGEM as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: dividend. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • CGDV Capital Group Dividend Value - ETF

    In “Back Up the Truck On This 7.8% Dividend as Rates Rise,” Capital Group Dividend Value - ETF (CGDV) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected CGDV as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: dividend. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • DFE Wisdomtree Europe Smallcap Dividend Fund

    In “Back Up the Truck On This 7.8% Dividend as Rates Rise,” Wisdomtree Europe Smallcap Dividend Fund (DFE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected DFE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: dividend. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • DIVB Ishares Core Dividend Etf

    Ishares Core Dividend Etf (DIVB) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 24 Sep 2026 story “Back Up the Truck On This 7.8% Dividend as Rates Rise.” Reason on file: GA selected DIVB as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: dividend. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • DIVD Altrius Global Dividend Etf

    In “Back Up the Truck On This 7.8% Dividend as Rates Rise,” Altrius Global Dividend Etf (DIVD) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected DIVD as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: dividend. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

How “Back Up the Truck On This 7.8% Dividend as Rates Rise” reaches Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS)

On 24 Sep 2026, “Back Up the Truck On This 7.8% Dividend as Rates Rise” is the story that connects Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS) to this story.

What ties Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS) to the headline is this: GA selected FAS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: financial. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLF) is here too. Its reason reads: Rate-policy changes can alter funding costs, net-interest margins, and financial-sector valuation

Dates in the story, and the Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS) price range

FAS traded between 136.16 and 161.95 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 152.93. KRE traded between 67.80 and 72.65 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 69.27. XLF traded between 52.82 and 56.03 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 55.07.

A simple score for Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS)

46 out of 100

“Back Up the Truck On This 7.8% Dividend as Rates Rise” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 13 linked companies.