Credit Cards: The Next Big Financial Explosion

From 24/7WallStreet:

A number of bank analysts believe that the reason industry earnings will not improve next year is a sharp spike up in credit card defaults.

In many cases, financial companies are faced with more than the direct losses of customers who walk away from their obligations. These debts have been put into pools not unlike those which were created for mortgages. Those pools could become toxic quickly if the underlying debt begins to sour at an increasingly rapid pace.

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Stocks: Citi (NYSE: C), American Express Company (NYSE: AXP), Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF), Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC).

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