Rising Credit Card Debt & Tariff Passthroughs: What Does the Consumer do Next?

Patrick Fruzzetti says the earnings season hasn’t been as bad as expected, but calls out the concentration of growth is in just a few big names. He believes companies that up until this point have absorbed tariff costs will begin passing them to the consumer. This could create a consumer behavior shift into the end of the year as credit card debt rises – he even thinks this could start spilling over into mortgages. He encourages investors to diversify and find companies with “wide moats.”

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05 Aug 2025

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