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Why investors’ best move in reaction to Fed’s rate hike is doing nothing at all

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Even when rates are higher, stocks should still beat bonds

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———————

Even when rates are higher, stocks should still beat bonds

Source: MarketWatch

The price since 18 Sep 2026: Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS) versus the S&P 500

Since the first closing price after “Why investors’ best move in reaction to Fed’s rate hike is doing nothing at all,” Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS) is -6.20%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.89% over the same days, a -5.30% difference versus the market.

FAS
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

    Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 18 Sep 2026 story “Why investors’ best move in reaction to Fed’s rate hike is doing nothing at all.” 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 “Why investors’ best move in reaction to Fed’s rate hike is doing nothing at all,” 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 “Why investors’ best move in reaction to Fed’s rate hike is doing nothing at all,” 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 “Why investors’ best move in reaction to Fed’s rate hike is doing nothing at all,” 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: rate. 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

    Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF (PFIX) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 18 Sep 2026 story “Why investors’ best move in reaction to Fed’s rate hike is doing nothing at all.” Reason on file: GA selected PFIX as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: rate. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • TLT Ishares Tr

    For “Why investors’ best move in reaction to Fed’s rate hike is doing nothing at all,” Ishares Tr (TLT) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Major monetary and inflation developments can transmit across duration, inflation-linked Treasuries, gold, and dollar proxies; no direction is implied by the link itself

  • IEF Ishares Tr

    For “Why investors’ best move in reaction to Fed’s rate hike is doing nothing at all,” Ishares Tr (IEF) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Major monetary and inflation developments can transmit across duration, inflation-linked Treasuries, gold, and dollar proxies; no direction is implied by the link itself

  • TIP Ishares Tr

    Ishares Tr (TIP) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 18 Sep 2026 story “Why investors’ best move in reaction to Fed’s rate hike is doing nothing at all.” Reason on file: Major monetary and inflation developments can transmit across duration, inflation-linked Treasuries, gold, and dollar proxies; no direction is implied by the link itself

Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS)

“Why investors’ best move in reaction to Fed’s rate hike is doing nothing at all” (18 Sep 2026) reaches Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS) through this story.

For Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS), the reason on file says 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

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.

How strong the case is around Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Etf (FAS)

46 out of 100

“Why investors’ best move in reaction to Fed’s rate hike is doing nothing at all” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 10 linked companies.