Tom Sieber is AJ Bell's Content Editor. He was previously the Editor of Shares Magazine. He has been with the business since 2012.
Tom is a regular contributor to the AJ Bell Money & Markets podcast and a stock market analyst for AJ Bell. He has also chaired and presented at various AJ Bell events – both online and in person.
Covering a variety of different sectors including resources and media, he has been a journalist for nearly two decades and has written about investing since 2007. Tom has a degree in History from Bristol University and a post-graduate diploma in Print Journalism from the University of Central Lancashire.
He has an interest in politics and economics that can be traced back to trip to the UN headquarters in New York as a UN Young Ambassador at 16, and is passionate about demystifying the financial markets and providing genuinely useful insights to help people with their investing.
Outside of work, Tom is a keen runner, although his days of completing half marathons and marathons may be behind him! He's also a big cinema fan.
15 September 2026
Retirees on their shifting pension costs – and what you should considerYou might well allow yourself a satisfied grin if you’ve successfully saved into your pension over the decades, but when we talk about a ‘retirement smile’, we’re discussing something very different.
Instead, this is an attempt to describe the shape of your withdrawals from your pension after you enter retirement. The idea being that you might...
14 September 2026
AJ Bell SIPP investors keep growth in focus as retirement nearsInvesting for retirement is typically a career-long endeavour. Starting out in your 20s and running all the way through to the point at which you’re ready to give up work.
How you invest in your pension during that time will often change as you adjust not only your contributions but also your risk appetite, with some opting to dial down their...
14 September 2026
Johnson Matthey’s major reset: can it deliver for shareholders?For more than a decade, science and technology business Johnson Matthey has flattered to deceive on the stock market. The perceived threat to its catalytic convertors from the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) among the main factors weighing on sentiment.
But the company is now at a big inflexion point. The sale of its Catalyst Technologies business...
10 September 2026
US-Iran war: why the oil price threat has not gone awayWhen the US-Iran war started in late February 2026 some of the warnings about the impact on energy markets were dire – with oil prices expected to spike well above $100 per barrel.
Seen through that lens, the actual outcome six months on has been relatively benign. Oil has flirted with the $100 mark at regular intervals but not traded consistently...
10 September 2026
Sold-out chips, soaring profits: what next for Micron?Memory chip maker Micron Technology has been one of the big beneficiaries of the AI boom but, after a gravity-defying run which saw it become the latest name to hit a $1 trillion valuation, the shares have endured some turbulence of late.
Surging demand for advanced AI data storage chips has pushed the highly cyclical semiconductor industry into a...
10 September 2026
Can Amazon’s big AI bet deliver for investors?For many people Amazon is a ubiquitous part of their day-to-day lives. The familiar brown cardboard boxes with their signature black smile logo making their way to doorsteps up and down the country at regular intervals.
But while Amazon is principally known at a consumer level for its e-commerce operations, it is the much higher margin Amazon Web...
3 September 2026
Bond yields are rising again – here’s why investors should careThe bond market has dominated market discourse in recent weeks as yields on government debt have surged higher.
This has put pressure on equity markets and prompted a surprise intervention from the US government, but what exactly is going on and why is it important to investors?
What is happening?As a reminder, bonds are IOUs issued by governments...
28 August 2026
Can you build a £1 million pension?A million pounds may not afford the lavish lifestyle it used to, but amassing a seven-figure sum in your pension could still give you an attractive standard of living in retirement.
How you get to the £1 million depends on your starting point. Some of the main factors will be your age, how much you have already amassed in your pension, the amount...
27 August 2026
Vanguard’s new global ETFs: how do they stack up?The launch of three new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from Vanguard has added to the list of options available to investors looking for diversified exposure to global markets.
The trio encompasses Vanguard FTSE Global All-Cap UCITS ETF, Vanguard FTSE Global Small-Cap UCITS ETF and Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US UCITS ETF.
But how do these new...
21 August 2026
£1,000 a year from ETFs: how much would you need to invest?Buying an income fund with a range of different holdings is an effective way of getting a diversified stream of income. This means if one dividend is cut or one investment goes wrong, the impact on your overall income is less.
While funds can typically offer a steadier income than a single stock, they also come with management fees that can eat...
