If you want a breathtaking view of how much financial stocks have strengthened, look no further than the chart of Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) below, which is the triple-bullish ETF. The interesting thing is that one didn’t have to be lucky enough to buy it in the depths of the financial crisis for a bargain price. It was actually very depressed in October 2011, only a year and a half ago. Since then, it’s up 345%. I won’t show its opposite, here -- symbol FAZ -- but it basically looks like a ski slope since its inception.