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 December 2025
The best way to get the UK investing is education not Cash ISA cutsThe decision by the chancellor to cut the Cash ISA allowance for under-65s to £12,000 appears to have been driven, at least in part, by an aspiration to get the UK investing on a much larger scale.
AJ Bell is on record that the ISA needs to be simplified, rather than made more complex as will be the case as a result of this change. Elsewhere in the...
15 December 2025
Festive trading: what to expect from Next, Tesco and moreDecember is a key trading period for UK retailers which can make or break the year. With the Budget not as damaging as some may have feared, companies are now in a position focus on the festive season.
Next is seen as a barometer for the UK retail sector due to its wide range of products and broad customer base.
Traditionally it is also the first...
11 December 2025
Nvidia vs Google: what next as AI race hots up?No investor, whether they want to or not, can really afford to ignore microchip giant Nvidia. While it may have shrunk a little of late, the world’s largest company remains so big that, as of 31 October 2025, it accounted for around 6% of the global MSCI World index all on its own.
This means nearly anyone with broad global exposure to the markets...
8 December 2025
How to pick a stockThere are more than 1,500 shares listed in the UK alone and tens of thousands across the globe which gives investors a huge amount of choice over what companies to invest in.
Narrowing down the field requires some research to determine if a stock fits with your preferences and investment goals.
While everyone is different, there are some broad...
5 December 2025
Unilever investors to get shares in new ice cream company – what you need to knowConsumer goods firm Unilever is one of the largest companies on the UK stock market and is about to go through a significant change. Find out what is happening when and what it means for shareholders.
What’s happening?Last year, Unilever announced plans to separate its ice cream business and focus on four different areas – beauty and wellbeing...
14 November 2025
AI, Disney and AMD: what happened on US markets this weekUS markets look set to end the week on the back foot as investors grow more sceptical of the AI boom. It represents a complete turnaround from the start of the week when hopes that the government shutdown would be resolved gave stocks a boost.
By the time the Trump administration signed a bill to end the shutdown on 12 November, equity indices...
12 November 2025
Welcome to the new-look Shares magazine – why you should read it and what to expectThe relaunched Shares magazine is out now. Produced monthly, the digital publication is intended to help you make informed choices and by doing so ‘make investing easier’.
It will draw on the deep pool of expertise which exists across AJ Bell. You can expect regular articles from AJ Bell experts on:
The latest market developments The different...
7 November 2025
What's really in your ETF? Here’s how to find outMost of the time when you buy an exchange traded fund (ETF), you're just looking to match the return from a particular part of the market. They are a type of tracker fund which, as their name suggests, trade on a stock exchange and seek to mirror the returns from a certain index.
Sounds simple and, in practice it usually is, but it’s still...
6 November 2025
Active vs passive investing – what’s the difference?There are two main ways of investing in the market through funds – one is described as active, and the other is known as passive.
8 October 2025
How does your Lifetime ISA match up to the average UK house deposit?The Lifetime ISA has transformed the way many people take their first step on the housing ladder. According to HMRC, 56,900 account holders withdrew cash from their Lifetime ISA to purchase their first home in the 2023/24 tax year, with the average value of withdrawals up 8% year-on-year to just short of £15,000.
Lifetime ISA recapThe Lifetime ISA...
