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.
20 March 2026
The funds that could help you avoid sleepless nightsThere’s plenty of news to keep investors' brains buzzing right now. The ongoing message from an investment perspective is to ignore the noise and not panic. But there are some funds designed to provide exactly the sort of reassurance and wealth preservation some people will be looking for, not just during a crisis, but against any market backdrop.
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20 March 2026
Why investment trusts are buying themselves more than everShare buybacks are a commonplace market phenomenon, but it’s a tool that’s used for widely different reasons.
The practice involves a listed firm buying back its own stock so that the total amount of its shares in issue is reduced. The overall aim is to enhance the value of the remaining shares and for standard public trading companies, this is...
19 March 2026
How top fund managers are responding to renewed inflation risksThe rise in oil and gas prices has sparked fears of a 2022-style inflation crisis reemerging, with energy costs set to rise as the war in Iran continues.
A repeat of this could be painful for investors because 2022 saw both equities and bonds experience negative returns for the first time since 1977. This meant even portfolios which were...
17 March 2026
Why active versus passive investing isn’t so black and white anymoreEqual weighed exchange-traded funds (ETFs for short) have emerged as one of the more popular investment trends in recent months as investors seek new ways to diversify their exposure to major equity markets.
These products are distinct from a ‘typical’ ETF, because rather than the largest companies by market value having the biggest influence on...
16 March 2026
How I invest: From trying to cover train fares to being a student of Buffett“Do your reading.” That’s the first step for anyone wanting to take the plunge into the stock market, according to 56-year-old Simone.
For her, what this looked like was six months spent properly getting to grips with the basics before she made her first investment; learning the difference between shares and funds, then passive and actively...
5 March 2026
Why size isn't everything as number of FTSE 100 investment trusts hits record highThe FTSE 100 welcomed another investment trust to its ranks this month, with a record seven now members of the UK’s blue-chip index.
Tritax Big Box REIT was promoted from the FTSE 250 after a rally in its share price and M&A activity saw it become a £4 billion plus trust.
It joins 3i Group, Scottish Mortgage, Pershing Square Holdings, F&C, Alliance...
4 March 2026
How to invest in SpaceX and Claude before anyone elsePeople love a chance to jump ahead of the queue, especially when it’s an exclusive club everyone is trying to be a part of.
The joy of strolling up to the front with a casually knowing nod while others crane their necks to catch a glimpse of the room they’re waiting to go into is somewhat akin to investing in a company before it floats on the...
2 March 2026
The defence sector is booming. Can investors still jump in?The defence sector has been booming the past 18 months, driven by a peak in geopolitical conflicts and governments dedicating higher budgets to military and cyber security resources.
Global military expenditure hit £2.7 trillion in 2024, the highest level on record, according to data from HanETF. Investors who took up holdings in defence off the...
27 February 2026
Europe is back in demand – meet the funds out in frontEurope has captured investors’ attention over the past year, thanks to a strong equity market and people looking for an alternative to sky-high valuations in the long-favoured US tech space.
Since January 2025, European markets in general have delivered better returns than those in the US. Comparing the Stoxx Europe 600 – the broad measure of the...
