Hannah joined AJ Bell in 2025 as an investment writer. She was previously a journalist at Portfolio Adviser Magazine, reporting on multi-asset, fixed income and equity funds, as well as macroeconomic impacts and regulatory changes within the industry.
Hannah earned a degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin before beginning her career in London. Before joining the finance industry, she covered state politics in Texas and worked as a sports reporter.
28 May 2026
A new financial world for Gen Z: what they (and their parents) need to knowI recently learned that my mum purchased her first home (with no assistance) at age 24. My largest purchase by age 24 was a MacBook. This partly comes down to some financially questionable decisions by me: I moved to London touting a degree in journalism. My mum lived in a rural area on the east coast of the US as an engineer.
But young people that...
27 May 2026
Want predictable income? Here’s how to create a gilt ladder Gilts are exempt from capital gains tax, creating a potential benefit for investors who buy gilts at a discounted price and hold until maturity Gilt ladders are helpful for planning a specific stream of returns to match specific outgoings Investors can build their own gilt ladder through choosing bonds with different maturity dates This strategy...
21 May 2026
The market crash plan investors wish they'd built earlierIn the past 10 years, global stocks have dropped from peaks by over 10% four times before reaching new highs again. But that doesn't prevent inevitable nerves as we wonder if this time, the drop will be different and leave us out of pocket on the hard-earned cash we’ve invested for a prolonged period.
Sometimes, this can make people pull their...
21 May 2026
‘Me’flation: Watch out for these rising pricesThe Bank of England announced that prices rose by 2.8% in the past year to the end of April as measured by the consumer price index, which was down from the 3.3% increase to the end of March. But that might not line up with how inflation has felt for you in the past year, and there’s a good chance your instincts are right.
Inflation readings...
18 May 2026
The AI stocks experts say are undervaluedWhile AI companies have been a winning investment strategy in recent years, the narrative for many people has now shifted towards apprehension.
Investors worry the companies won’t to live up to their lofty valuations as stocks like Nvidia have increased in price by 1,441% in the past five years. That’s more than the S&P 500 has increased in the...
14 May 2026
Markets are reaching new highs: why are investors nervous?Markets are back to enjoying record highs after faltering in March. The MSCI World has reached new peaks in May and rewarded investors with a return of 26% over the past year, as of 12 May. Looking at the numbers, it looks to be business as usual, and good business at that. So why do so many of us feel uneasy?
It’s healthy to have some level of...
7 May 2026
Could value stocks offer the remedy to an AI bubble?The lofty valuations of AI stocks in the past few years have dredged up memories for some of the time before the dotcom bubble burst in 2000.
This burst, which led to steep fall in the MSCI World over a period of two years, was due to overinvestment in internet companies that eventually couldn’t live up to their value despite the internet becoming...
5 May 2026
Returning to work after retiring? What you need to know for your pensionBy the time you’ve reached retirement age, you’ve likely learned that life often doesn’t go as planned. And in this case, it might mean returning to work after you thought you’d thrown in the towel for good.
You may have returned for a bit of extra cash, or just because you were missing the hustle and bustle. But if you weren’t accounting for the...
1 May 2026
Finfluencer or fraud? Navigating investment content on social mediaJust like nearly every other topic in the world, investing has made its way onto social media. Influencers share their own portfolios, tell you how they made their first £100,000, or their most recent stock picks.
While some of this can be helpful information, it’s a part of social media that is fraught with scams and unreliable information. And...
30 April 2026
Time for your portfolio’s checkup? Test these vital statsOne of the perks of investing is that it doesn’t require much work to be successful. In fact, an industry adage is to ‘invest and forget’. But doing a check under the bonnet once in a while ensures that your investments are still serving their purpose.
You can view this like a visit to the dentist. Once or twice a year, you head in to identify any...
