Shares in focus: Unilever's supertanker drifts onto the rocks

Unilever is massive and laden with goodies, but is the plain sailing behind the consumer goods maker, asks Phil Oakley.

Unilever is massive and laden with goodies, but the plain sailing is behind it, says Phil Oakley.

There are two main reasons why a sensible investor might want to buy a company's shares. One is that they are very cheap and oversold. The other is that profits in the years ahead look set to grow very quickly. If you can find a share with both of these attractions usually hard to do that's even better.

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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.