Share tip updates: William Sinclair and Darty

Phil Oakley reviews two of his riskier share tips from last year to see how they have fared.

William Sinclair (LSE: SNCL)

In January last year, I tipped the shares of William Sinclair, the maker of J Arthur Bower's compost and other horticultural products.

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Phil spent 13 years as an investment analyst for both stockbroking and fund management companies.

 

After graduating with a MSc in International Banking, Economics & Finance from Liverpool Business School in 1996, Phil went to work for BWD Rensburg, a Liverpool based investment manager. In 2001, he joined ABN AMRO as a transport analyst. After a brief spell as a food retail analyst, he spent five years with ABN's very successful UK Smaller Companies team where he covered engineering, transport and support services stocks.

 

In 2007, Phil joined Halbis Capital Management as a European equities analyst. He began writing for MoneyWeek in 2010.