I remember writing my 2012 review of my portfolio and just thinking 'yes'. Unilever is an awesome company - it is exceptionally boring, and that makes me very happy. Anyone who has been looking at my recent exciting purchase of African Barrick Gold will see why boring is good - and exciting is bad!
A quick reminder on Unilever's great data (other than the 26% share price rise in the last 12 months, which is clearly unimportant).
- Google Finance has the yield today at 3.06% - so just above the 3% threshold
- It's exposed to a lot of markets - around 101 by my last calculation - and it is doing very well versus its competitors in the emerging economies. I think that foreign money will come in very useful as the UK obliterates the pound through quantitative easing
- Laura loves Unilever - they have great ethical credentials (unlike my favorite Tesco, who she says suck)
- It isn't Monday (useful!)
- It was nice to see one of the directors upping his stake recently too
