Russ Mould is AJ Bell's Investment Director. He has a Master's degree in Modern History from the University of Oxford and more than 30 years' experience of the capital markets.
He started out at Scottish Equitable in 1991 as a fund manager, where he had responsibility for the Nordic and Swiss equity markets. In 1993, Russ joined SG Warburg, now part of UBS investment bank, and worked there as an equity analyst covering the technology sectors for 12 years. He has also worked on IPOs and M&A deals. Russ was voted best analyst in the semiconductor sector in 2001 by Institutional Investor and reached the level of Managing Director in 2003 when he became head of UBS' global semiconductor research effort.
A member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (MSCI), Russ is responsible for providing written and video content for customers and clients. He also helps to build the company’s profile in print and broadcast media as part of AJ Bell's wider PR and brand team, working alongside the Investment Committee.
Russ joined Shares Magazine as technology correspondent in 2005 and took on the post of Editor in 2008. He was appointed as AJ Bell's Investment Director in 2013 following the company's acquisition of Shares' parent company, MSM Media. Russ regularly creates content across the AJ Bell website, including the Daily Market Update and Chart of the Week, and he hosts his own 'Breaking the Mould' weekly video series.
Outside of work, Russ is a qualified cricket coach, Italian speaker and avid fan of Doctor Who and NFL.
6 August 2026
Daily market update: WPP, Wizz Air, Persimmon, AdmiralThe FTSE 100 ticked higher on Thursday, despite selling on Wall Street and in Asia, as its lack of technology exposure proved to be a boon.
Continuing concerns about whether the AI story is running out of legs had an impact on the big US tech names and their Asian suppliers, though continuing hopes for a breakthrough in the Middle East helped to...
5 August 2026
Daily market update: SpaceX, Next, GlencoreThe FTSE 100 ticked higher on positively received corporate updates and as hopes continue to rise around diplomatic efforts in the Middle East.
There is increasing optimism about a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz which means Brent crude oil prices are currently bubbling around the $80 per barrel mark, well short of their recent highs.
The...
4 August 2026
Daily market update: Palantir, HSBC, Metro Bank, AG Barr, Domino’s PizzaThe FTSE 100 got off to a solid start on Tuesday following gains in US and Asian markets.
Miners were higher in London, with performance also bolstered by some positively received corporate updates.
Smith & Nephew was a notable laggard. The company seems to be in a permanent state of turnaround in recent years and delivered yet another...
3 August 2026
Daily market update: AstraZeneca, EasyJet, BP, ShellIt’s déjà vu for investors all over again as hints of a rapprochement between the US and Iran saw oil prices fall and risk sentiment improve.
The FTSE 100’s advance was constrained by a negative reaction to AstraZeneca’s reported interest in a merger with Bristol Myers Squibb and by weakness in its oil and gas heavyweights BP and Shell. However...
31 July 2026
Daily market update: Apple, Amazon, Sainsbury’s, NatWestThe FTSE 100 tested new record highs on Friday morning as investors continue to climb the wall of worry and sentiment improves.
The rebound in tech powered by Microsoft’s extremely well-received numbers has helped lift the broader market mood, helping investors to put concerns about the Iran conflict and its continuing impact on ice for now.
Miners...
30 July 2026
Daily market update: Microsoft, Meta Platforms, MondiThe FTSE 100 is hovering on the cusp of the closing high it reached in late February, just before the war in the Middle East began, and investors will be looking to better-than-expected results from London Stock Exchange, Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems, alongside new share buybacks from Lloyds, Shell and London Stock Exchange (again) to give the index...
29 July 2026
Daily market update: Standard Chartered, Reckitt Benckiser, Rio TintoThe FTSE 100 is sneaking above the all-time closing high from 28 February in early trading on Wednesday, helped by its lack of exposure to technology and AI stocks, and a slew of strong corporate results, with index heavyweights Standard Chartered, Reckitt Benckiser and Rio Tinto all delivering either better-than-expected profits, or bumper cash...
28 July 2026
Daily market update: Unilever, Barclays, Samsung ElectronicsIf Monday was all about the soaraway stock market debut of China’s memory chips maker CXMT, Tuesday is getting off to a stickier start thanks to huge falls in the leading Korean and Japanese producers, Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Kioxia.
Such were the falls that they dragged Korea’s KOSPI index down by 10% and Japan’s Nikkei lost 4% of its...
27 July 2026
Daily market update: Vodafone, DCC Energy, Pinewood TechnologiesA thumping drop in the price of oil, all the way back to $90 a barrel, is helping get global stock markets off to a good start to the week, as the US and Iran pause hostilities once more amid efforts from Oman to broker a deal over the vexed issue of shipping passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
Sentiment has received a further boost from a...
24 July 2026
Daily market update: FTSE 100 steady, Intel, Volkswagen, HSBCTariffs are back on the list of concerns for global stock markets as the White House brings in a new swathe of levies to replace temporary measures which had just expired.
The Trump administration was always likely to look for another route to introduce a new round of tariffs after the ruling in February from the Supreme Court that the previous set...
