Should you invest in Tesco?

Ed Bowsher asks if the appointment of Dave Lewis as its new CEO means you should go out and buy Tesco shares.

After years of poor performance, Tescos board decided to shake things up last weekend. The CEO got the chop and was replaced by a Unilever executive called Dave Lewis.Lewis has an excellent reputation so he may be able to turn Tesco around. So does that mean that now is good time to buy shares in the supermarket?

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Ed Bowsher

Ed has been a private investor since the mid-90s and has worked as a financial journalist since 2000. He's been employed by several investment websites including Citywire, breakingviews and The Motley Fool, where he was UK editor.

 

Ed mainly invests in technology shares, pharmaceuticals and smaller companies. He's also a big fan of investment trusts.

 

Away from work, Ed is a keen theatre goer and loves all things Canadian.

 

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