Analyst Biography

Art V. Russell, CFA
Principal, Equity Research

Art Russell began his Edward Jones career in 1993 in the Product Review department, performing due diligence on portfolio managers for the firm’s managed account program. He joined the Equity Research department in 1996 to help expand coverage of the technology sector. He currently serves as industry team leader for the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) and energy/utility teams, responsible for eight analysts in this capacity. Russell also follows 13 companies in the communications equipment and international telecommunications industries.

Russell earned a bachelor’s degree in managerial economics from the University of California at Davis and a master’s in business administration from Washington University in St. Louis. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of St. Louis. He became a principal with the firm in 2001.

Russell has been quoted in such major publications as Fortune, Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, USA Today and the New York Times, and he has been featured on ABC’s “World News Tonight,” CNBC, CNN, Fox News, “The CBS Morning News” and the PBS “Nightly Business Report.” In 2002, The Wall Street Journal named Russell one of the “Best on the Street” analysts following the computer hardware segment of technology.