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Higher interest rates can be scary for stocks — but it's not that simple

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Investors should be more selective when interest rates are on the rise. That doesn't mean leave the market all together.

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
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IEF———————
SHY———————
SPY———————
JPM———————
BAC———————
GS———————
XLF———————
KRE———————
FAS———————

Investors should be more selective when interest rates are on the rise. That doesn't mean leave the market all together.

Source: CNBC Top

Price since this story was published: Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS)

Since the first closing price after “Higher interest rates can be scary for stocks — but it's not that simple,” Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS) is +8.51%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is +0.33% over the same days, a +8.18% difference versus the market.

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SPY

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

Companies carried with this story

  • FAS Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf

    In “Higher interest rates can be scary for stocks — but it's not that simple,” 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 “Higher interest rates can be scary for stocks — but it's not that simple,” 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

    For “Higher interest rates can be scary for stocks — but it's not that simple,” Spdr Series Trust (KRE) 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

  • AGZD Wisdomtree Interest Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund

    For “Higher interest rates can be scary for stocks — but it's not that simple,” Wisdomtree Interest Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund (AGZD) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AGZD as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: interest. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • BAMG Brookstone Growth Stock Etf

    For “Higher interest rates can be scary for stocks — but it's not that simple,” Brookstone Growth Stock Etf (BAMG) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected BAMG as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: stocks. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • BAMV Brookstone Value Stock Etf

    In “Higher interest rates can be scary for stocks — but it's not that simple,” Brookstone Value Stock Etf (BAMV) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected BAMV as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: stocks. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • PFIX Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF

    In “Higher interest rates can be scary for stocks — but it's not that simple,” Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF (PFIX) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected PFIX as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: interest. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • PDLB Ponce Financial Group

    In “Higher interest rates can be scary for stocks — but it's not that simple,” Ponce Financial Group (PDLB) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected PDLB as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: financial, stocks. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS)

Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS) is the company in “Higher interest rates can be scary for stocks — but it's not that simple,” the 30 Sep 2026 this story story.

The link for Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS) 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

A second company, Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLF), is listed for a different reason: Rate-policy changes can alter funding costs, net-interest margins, and financial-sector valuation

Dates and price levels for Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS)

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

“Higher interest rates can be scary for stocks — but it's not that simple” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 8 linked companies.