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.
13 November 2024
A new era for the FTSE indicesRecent changes to the UK’s stock market listing rules should lead to a host of new names joining the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 indices in the new year. This should generate more interest in the UK stock market and put more companies on the radar of investors.
This matters to investors whether they own UK stocks directly, have exposure via actively...
11 November 2024
The low-cost way to invest in the USInvesting in the US needn’t be complicated nor expensive. There are certain types of funds that follow specific parts of the US stock market and their charges are typically low compared to actively managed funds.
Pop one of these in your ISA or pension and the investment will do the same as whatever’s happening in the US market you’re tracking.
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7 November 2024
What investors need to consider from Donald Trump’s election victory over the longer termDonald Trump’s election victory provided an immediate boost to a broad range of investments.
The major US and European stock markets all traded higher on the election result, bitcoin hit a new record high and the dollar strengthened. The losers included gold, renewable energy companies and Chinese shares.
The election was too close to call in the...
5 November 2024
Investing in the US: your choices and key points to considerThe US is home to the world’s biggest and most successful companies. Investors have made good money over the past decade or so from owning US stocks and funds, and it’s easy to understand why the region remains popular.
It won’t always do well, and there are risks around politics and economics. Yet investors with a long horizon might see merit in...
4 November 2024
What is the PTM levy?PTM stands for Panel on Takeovers and Mergers. It’s a government levy that's charged to investors when they buy or sell shares for over £10,000. Learn more here.
1 November 2024
Bond yieldsWant to calculate the return on bond yields? Learn more about redemption yields and running yields and how they are calculated.
17 October 2024
Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump: the potential winners and losers for investors and markets on the outcome of the US presidential electionGreen energy and technology are the key industries to watch if Kamala Harris wins the US presidential election, while defence contractors, oil and gas producers and cryptocurrencies will be front of stage if Donald Trump is victorious.
Unlike the UK general election where Labour had such a wide lead in the polls from the start and which made it...
25 September 2024
The elite group of British shares outperforming the UK stock marketThe UK stock market might be unloved but there are shares delivering strong returns. These include well-known British companies trading at or near record share price highs.
The US market has acted like a magnet in recent years and pulled investors away from the UK with the lure of fast-growth technology companies. A gloomier US economic outlook and...
10 September 2024
How much should I invest?Most financial planners advise saving between 10% and 15% of your annual income. Read more about how much money you should invest as a beginner.
29 August 2024
Nvidia shares slump despite delivering another quarter of growth and new $50 billion share buybackInvestors want more, more and more when it comes to Nvidia. Despite the company’s best efforts to talk up the opportunities once again around AI, it wasn’t enough to prevent a share price sell-off following its latest results.
Nvidia has lived up to its name and hit the ‘Magnificent’ seven quarters in a row where earnings have beaten the consensus...
