If you are an enthusiastic UK stock investor then at this moment there are a number of FTSE 100 companies which one should avoid. Currently one should not eye the banking sector even though they have reported profits as bad debts are mounting on them



Financial institutions such as Barclays, Lloyds TSB, HSBC and HBOS have reported higher bad debts and it looks that Royal Bank of Scotland would also follow suit. The banking sector is hoping that bad debts would stabilize in the second half of the year due to tighter lending criteria but rise in the number of customers filing for bankruptcy and IVA is the core factor in the outlook for retail impairment.



A number of customers have been exploiting the newly relaxed bankruptcy regime and the banking sector optimism certainly doesn’t look good as the debt on consumers are increasing and the living expenses are also shooting up. With IVR already being marketed as a painless way of escaping creditors, this is certainly not the time to be in this sector.