About the expert

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.

Latest articles from Dan Coatsworth

  • 2 December 2024

    What are funds?

    Want to start investing in the markets? Looking for some help with managing your investments? Then funds, or collective investments, are worth considering for your portfolio.

    4 min read
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  • 14 November 2024

    How first-time buyers could be frozen out of government savings scheme

    First-time buyers hoping to use a government-backed Lifetime ISA to buy their first home could be squeezed out of buying a terraced house in more than 50 regions of the UK, new analysis from AJ Bell shows.

    The government pays up to £1,000 a year into each Lifetime ISA account, which can then be used to secure a mortgage on a first home. But the...

    7 min read
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  • 13 November 2024

    A new era for the FTSE indices

    Recent 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...

    6 min read
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  • 11 November 2024

    The low-cost way to invest in the US

    Investing 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.

    P...

    5 min read
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