Dan Coatsworth is AJ Bell's Head of Markets. Dan has been with the company since December 2012 and has more than 18 years' experience in the industry, following the markets and all things investing. He has a degree in Corporate Communications from Southampton Solent University.
Dan is involved in a lot of the content published by AJ Bell, which includes; providing market commentary, starring in our educational videos, writing for Shares Magazine and co-presenting our Money and Markets podcast, as well as hosting and presenting at events for customers – both in person and online.
Dan’s passion lies with educating customers all about investing and staying informed about market events. He previously worked for Teletext on the business and personal finance desks which taught him the importance of telling a story in as few words as possible. He has also appeared as a business commentator on Times Radio and LBC News and written investment-related articles for The Telegraph, Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday and The Week.
A fun fact Dan learned about investing early on was to not get caught up on the hype around certain stocks. He found this out himself when the first share he bought was a company trying to recover copper from a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean… this sounded exciting but sadly didn’t make him any money! Outside of work, Dan enjoys swimming and going to live gigs.
6 August 2025
How grandparents, aunts, uncles and family friends can give money to a child via a Junior ISAInvesting in a child’s future can be a rewarding gift for them and for you. Using a Junior ISA is a tax-efficient way of letting that money grow, and knowing your money could help them get ahead is deeply satisfying on a personal level.
Relatives or friends often give a child a toy or clothes for their birthday or at Christmas, or they donate cash...
1 August 2025
What we learned from Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple’s latest resultsBig US technology companies are back in the news after the latest set of earnings reports. Four of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ have just updated the market and all of them have smashed expectations with their quarterly numbers. However, not everyone enjoyed a positive share price reaction.
Meta was the standout name in terms of smashing market...
31 July 2025
Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and NatWest have made investors rich, but were the latest results any good?The UK banking sector has been a fantastic place to make money in 2025. Investors would have enjoyed an average 38% total return including dividends year-to-date across Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and NatWest.
All four have just reported their latest quarterly results and on the whole, they are doing well and investors are reaping the rewards.
NatWest’s...
29 July 2025
The cheapest stocks in the FTSE 100 as the index hits another record highAmid growing interest in UK stocks, particularly the FTSE 100 after it hit another record high, investors will be hunting high and low for opportunities.
Value-style investors like to sift through the rubbish bin to spot companies with the potential to bounce back. Quite often a stock looks cheap because the company faces near-term headwinds or...
24 July 2025
Why the UK stock market has done so well this yearIt’s been a wonderful time to invest in UK shares. The FTSE 100 recently went through the 9,000 level for the first time and has made a new record high on multiple occasions this year.
The 7.2% return between January and June was the best first-half run since 2021, when it went up 8.9%.
Year-to-date, investors would have made a 14.2% total return...
18 July 2025
Why Netflix shares have fallen on better-than-expected resultsAs the James Bond title goes, ‘The World Is Not Enough’ for Netflix as far as investors are concerned. They want more, more and more.
Better than expected quarterly results and upgraded full-year revenue and cash flow guidance weren’t enough to keep investors happy.
Shares in Netflix fell in pre-market trading following the results even though the...
18 July 2025
Daily market update: FTSE, GSK, BP, Reckitt, Burberry“The FTSE 100 is the ultimate tease, once again flirting above the 9,000 level before taking a step back,” says Dan Coatsworth, Investment Analyst at AJ Bell.
“What really matters is that the UK stock market is strutting its stuff and continuing to press ahead. It joined the rest of Europe by basking in the sun and trading higher than the previous...
17 July 2025
Daily market update: Ocado, EasyJet, Frasers, DFS, TSMC“Having seen a rapid retreat from the briefly attained 9,000 mark earlier this week, the FTSE 100 made steady progress on Thursday to put this milestone level back within reach,” says AJ Bell Investment Analyst Dan Coatsworth.
“Financial stocks were among the gainers, while specialist distributor Diploma led the way as it lifted its full-year...
16 July 2025
Money, money, money: why everyone will soon be talking about investingIt’s been a big week for important announcements that could have an impact on many people’s personal finances.
The government has laid out plans to get more people investing, the financial regulator has proposed initiatives to reform the UK stock market, and a review of lending rules could lead to more people getting on the housing ladder.
We’ll...
16 July 2025
Daily market update: FTSE 100, ASML, McBride“The spectre of inflation has returned to haunt markets after a period when investors’ attention has largely been centred elsewhere,” says AJ Bell Investment Analyst Dan Coatsworth.
“A higher-than-expected inflation reading in the US yesterday is one of the first data points to suggest tariffs are beginning to have some impact on prices. While this...
