Eve joined AJ Bell in 2026 as a funds and investment trust writer. She was previously editor at Investment Week, reporting on all major retail investor news, covering funds and investment trusts, ETFs and regulation, as well as macroeconomic events.
She also produced major studies analysing investment performance, fees and volatility alongside running several investigations.
Eve started out as a journalist when she was 16 and began writing about the financial markets back in 2019.
22 August 2026
US ETFs head-to-head: Vanguard S&P 500 vs Invesco EQQQ NASDAQ-100The US stock market has more exchange-traded funds (ETFs) covering it than any other and among AJ Bell DIY investors, two of the most popular options are the Vanguard S&P 500 vs Invesco EQQQ NASDAQ-100.
The Vanguard fund is the most widely held ETF among AJ Bell investors, period, meanwhile the Invesco fund is the seventh most popular.
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20 August 2026
Know these risks before investing in a tracker fundTracker funds and Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are some of the most popular ways to invest in stock markets, and for good reason. They're cheap, provide you with instant exposure to several stocks, and have delivered better return outcomes than most active funds across the past decade.
But like any investment choice, tracker funds are not risk free...
20 August 2026
How I invest: The accountant going all-in on just three stocksDiversifying your portfolio and transferring it into less risky assets, like bonds, is the usual advice for a 76-year-old starting to look at retirement.
And Joe acknowledges this, aware that typically, you’d opt to spread your risk. “I don’t do it that way. I’ve got just three shares... I couldn’t advise anyone else to do what I do,” he says.
Thi...
19 August 2026
Can fund managers really ignore where the companies they invest in are based?Global equity fund managers will often argue that it doesn’t matter where a company is listed; all that matters is that they are buying the best companies available regardless of where in the world they happen to be.
This has logic. Large companies are often global in nature and generate revenue from both inside and outside of their domestic market...
18 August 2026
Learning from SpaceX: how to navigate the noise an Anthropic IPO could bringSpeculation that AI giant Anthropic will join the stock market has been reinvigorated with reports that it’s preparing for a $2 trillion public listing in October.
Based on the mooted numbers it'd be a ‘record breaking’ IPO, already taking the mantle from Elon Musk’s SpaceX after its $1.7 trillion market debut in June.
The two firms are very...
14 August 2026
The fund sectors consistently performing and the names leading them higherCurrent commentary and analysis will often focus on the very best, and worst, performers in stock markets. Which makes sense as people want to know what they might be missing out on or getting caught out by.
What often gets overlooked as a result, are the pockets of the market that aren’t taking that top returns spot, but they are consistently...
8 August 2026
Discover the fund style that's making a breakthroughThe past decade in stock markets has been an era of growth, but the tables are turning after a resurgence for value over the last 12 months.
Since last summer, the MSCI ACWI Value index has outperformed its Growth equivalent, in a reversal of the 10-year trend.
This has started to feed through into monthly fund performance. Two of the best...
5 August 2026
The UK funds having an even better year than the record-breaking FTSE 100The FTSE 100 is currently on track for its best year since its conception in 1984, defying a downturn in other equity markets which have been burdened by a fall in tech.
Year-to-date, the UK’s premier index is beating both the MSCI All-Country World Index and the S&P 500, with an 11.5% total return versus 11.3% and 9.8%, respectively, according to...
4 August 2026
Where stock pickers are avoiding volatilityFor many investors, total returns are the top priority when it comes to choosing a fund. But this figure doesn’t always tell the whole story.
A lucky few investors might be able to view their investments purely as numbers, and ride out waves of volatility as they come without much worry. But for many of us, these market ups and downs can be a major...
29 July 2026
Should you care if your manager has skin in the game?When you hear fund managers talking about ‘skin in the game’, it’s usually referring to the manager investing their own money in the same fund that they’re running.
It's a fairly common phenomenon. Richard Staveley of Rockwood Strategic trust and Stephen Yiu of the Blue Whale Growth fund both make it well known that they eat their own cooking. In...
