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.
21 May 2026
Investment lessons from Manchester United and other listed football clubsAs the domestic football season enters its final knockings and the winners are sorted from the losers its interesting and instructive to look at the fortunes of football clubs on the stock market and what it tells us about investing in general.
I may be a big football fan but there’s a reason why I don’t mix investing with the beautiful game. The...
19 May 2026
Nvidia vs Broadcom: the AI heavyweight earnings showdownTwo of the main protagonists in the AI infrastructure space – Nvidia and Broadcom – are set to offer an insight into the competitive dynamics in this surging market with their latest quarterly results.
Both chip makers coexist within the same AI hardware. Nvidia specialising in the ‘off-the-shelf’ high-performance GPUs (like its Blackwell series)...
18 May 2026
The fundamentals of investing in the stock market for incomeEvery month in these pages AJ Bell’s Head of Markets Dan Coatsworth takes you through different facets of income investing. Generating an income from the stocks and funds you hold is a big part of why many people put their money to work in the stock market.
That’s because stocks do not just offer the ability to make gains when share prices go up –...
23 April 2026
Managing your money in retirementWe spend years thinking about accumulating the pot we need to sustain us in our retirement but sometimes less thought is given to how we plan to manage our money once we retire.
Every month in Shares, AJ Bell’s senior pensions and savings expert Charlene Young covers a range of topics relevant to those approaching or already in retirement. There’s...
22 April 2026
Where to find inspiration for your first ISA investmentsFunding your ISA is an important first step in tapping the wealth-generating potential of financial markets without the worries of tax.
However, taking the plunge and selecting the investments you want to put your money into can be hard. For lots of people funds are an obvious starting point as, unlike individual stocks, you can achieve a level of...
22 April 2026
What are trackers and how can they get you started with investing?If you’re new to investing, the level of choice can feel overwhelming and leave you confused on where to begin. One option when you’re starting out is to use tracker funds to get exposure to lots of different investments in one go.
Casual followers of financial headlines will likely have heard of the FTSE 100 and possibly even the S&P 500. These...
17 April 2026
I want £500 in yearly dividends – how much do I need to invest?What total would you have to invest in the stock market to get £500 worth of dividends every year?
This is the amount you can earn in dividends and not pay tax on them. Though if you have a larger dividend income from your investments than this amount you can shield the income from HMRC by holding them within an ISA or SIPP.
It depends where you...
16 April 2026
What next for oil and gas companies after the big energy price shock?At the end of 2025 oil and gas companies were staring down the barrel of declining energy prices and resulting pressure on profits and returns to shareholders.
Despite the fragile ceasefire deal recently brokered by Pakistan, the conflict in Iran has shifted the calculus significantly since the end of February and helped global energy firms to...
16 April 2026
Driving the conversation on money and the marketsWho do you talk to about investing?
Some people may be fortunate enough to have a friend or family member with some knowledge of the markets to help set them on the right path, However, for many of us, including our My Portfolio contributor Aaron, investing can be a lonely furrow to plough at times.
That’s where we come in. Not only through are...
10 April 2026
Investment scams are rising fast – here’s how to fight backBeing regularly confronted with scams of one form or another has become an unfortunate feature of modern life. This applies in investing just as much as anywhere else.
Data from the City of London police shows victims of investment fraud lost an average of £1,675 every minute in 2025 with 34,673 people reporting fraud of this nature, up 31% from...
