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.
4 March 2026
Find your perfect risk balance with investingInvesting is not about selecting just any stock or fund at random in the hope of getting the best returns. You need to pick your investments wisely and consider how you might feel about losing money if something goes wrong.
It all comes down to making a plan that suits your temperament and lifestyle while giving yourself the best chance of staying...
3 March 2026
What could oil at $100 per barrel mean for markets?The US and Israeli military intervention in Iran has led to a significant increase in oil prices.
What does this price hike and any potential move higher – like the $100 per barrel price seen after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – mean for markets and your money? From how much you pay to fill up your car to the impact on equities as a whole and oil...
19 February 2026
What to expect from a Buffett-less Berkshire HathawayFor the first time in six decades Omaha-based Berkshire Hathaway will release its fourth quarter results on 27 February without Warren Buffett at the helm, after he stepped down as CEO at the end of 2025.
Under his leadership the company’s value has seen a cumulative gain of over 5,500,000% compared with 39,000% for the S&P 500 index. Incoming...
19 February 2026
The dangers of hopping on the latest hot themeAs I write it feels like the world has gone gold crazy. The precious metal not just taking out all-time highs in nominal terms but also trading way above its ‘real’ or inflation-adjusted highs before turning sharply lower.
This column is not going to attempt a guess at where gold might go next but it is just the latest in countless examples of...
17 February 2026
Discover the tool which can tell scammers apart from real firmsIf you were making your way through Waterloo at rush hour recently you may have spotted a mysterious ATM offering untold riches before the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Emil the Seal mascot emerged to warn of the dangers of investment scams.
The stunt was part of a broader campaign to raise awareness of the regulator’s ‘Firm Checker’ tool...
17 February 2026
Trainline shares have gone off the rails: can they get back on track?Towards the end of 2024, Trainline was chugging along quite nicely. Finally trading solidly above the 350p at which its 2019 IPO was priced after years of ups and downs. The company having been heavily disrupted by the pandemic and facing undulating concern over competitive threats.
Then, on 4 December 2024, news of the Labour Government’s Great...
17 February 2026
How to invest in the US with less exposure to tech and AIThe recent loss of momentum in the technology and AI space has had a big impact on the US market, where many of the largest tech companies are based. This shift has led to an alternative version of the flagship S&P 500 stock index whose movements are driven equally by each individual company – rather than being determined based on their size –...
12 February 2026
Mining merger mania: The story behind the red-hot commodities sectorIt has been an eventful start to 2026 for the mining sector with extreme levels of volatility in global metals markets and talks over a blockbuster $260 billion merger between Rio Tinto and Glencore.
While a Rio/Glencore merger is off the table for now, both of these developments reveal a truth that, for all its reputation as an ‘old economy’...
4 February 2026
Gold is significantly more volatile than other ‘safe havens’Gold is widely perceived to be a safe haven investment but recent swings in the precious metal in early 2026 have seen its price trade in a range between $5,600 and $4,350 in just a matter of days. Potentially catching out investors who thought it would protect against market volatility.
Across a longer time period there have also been considerable...
28 January 2026
Why gold mining shares are falling faster than the gold priceShares in gold miners often outperform a rising gold price. The reverse is also true, as investors have just found out.
Gold has gone into reverse after a strong rally, and gold mining shares have fallen by an even greater amount.
Since the current bull run in gold started in December 2015, the S&P Commodity Producers Gold index, a basket of...
