... There are many competing web-sites that provide financial information, but ft.com is one of the best and certainly one to which I refer on a daily basis. The FT newspaper has been one of the best, if not the best, source of financial data and news for many decades, giving good global and local ... Read review
Advantages: Best source of financial information Disadvantages: Have to pay for access to some data and services
...that provide financial information, but ft.com is one of the best and certainly one to which I refer on a daily basis. The FT newspaper has been one of the best, if not the best, source of financial data and news for many decades, giving good global and local news coverage. The FT web-site is an on-line version of the newspaper, giving access to most of the articles from the daily and weekend newspapers for free, although some articles and services ... ...layout of the web-site is pretty similar to the newspaper (and it's even pink, just like the newspaper) with the various sections clearly marked across the top-banner: Front Page; UK; World; Companies; Markets; Lex; Comment; Business Life and Weekend. Each page has headlines of articles in reverse order of publication, with links through to the full story. Most of these links are available to non-subscribers, but some may come up with a request for ... more
After semi-retiring from a proper well-paid consulting job, last year, I have spent a lot of my time trading shares, bonds and obscure derivatives for a living (good timing!) so accurate detailed financial information is essential. There are many competing web-sites that provide financial information, but ft.com is one of the best and certainly one to which I refer on a daily basis. The FT newspaper has been one of the best, if not the best, source of financial data and news for many decades, giving good global and local news coverage. The FT web-site is an on-line version of the newspaper, giving access to most of the articles from the daily and weekend newspapers for free, although some articles and services are only available to subscribers.
The layout of the web-site is pretty similar to the newspaper (and it's even pink, just like the newspaper) with the various sections clearly marked across the top-banner: Front Page; UK; World; Companies; Markets; Lex; Comment; Business Life and Weekend. Each page has headlines of articles in reverse order of publication, with links through to the full story. Most of these links are available to non-subscribers, but some may come up with a request for you to register for a free trial of the full subscription services.
The main news articles are concise and apparently accurate (well I believe most of them anyway) but some people may find them a bit dry or boring, when compared to the more sensational style of some other newspapers. They are not completely lacking humour, but certainly give the impression that they are business-like. The main news items cover all aspects of world new, not just business, but obviously more emphasis is given to the business related news, even on the front page. Progressing onto the Companies and Markets sections gives a very good in-depth analysis of company results and the movements of the various markets around the world.
Selecting each tab at the top of the Front Page gives an overview of the news for that section, but also breaks the news down to sub-sections. e.g. selecting Companies gives the main headlines for company news, but there are also sub-sections allowing the news to be filtered for individual types of business: Energy; Industrials; Transport etc. This is a very easy web-site to navigate.
The Markets and Markets Data sections are the most useful for me, giving me a good overview of what is happening to my various investments. There is even a Stock Screener allowing you to type in criteria you require from a share (e.g. price to earnings ratio) which will output potential shares you may be interested in. There is a good portfolio tool into which you can enter details of all of you investments and have them updated in almost real-time (20 minutes delay) Most of the articles provide information, company results, market data etc. and some provide comments or tips about possible movements in prices or even trading ideas, fund recommendations etc.
FT web-site is a very useful site with some of the best coverage available anywhere on the internet of financial news and good concise coverage of other news and sport. It could easily replace the newspaper (although I still buy the newspaper at the weekend because it gets me a way from this computer)
Advantages: Global archive, personal office, business news coverage Disadvantages:
Without a doubt, the Financial Times' online presence, FT.com, is a beast of a site. Indeed, for anyone in the business community, it is the one-stop resource that can provide you with a global archive (consisting of over 8000 publications worldwide), their personal office feature (unlimited email and file storage), forums, portfolio feature and a time-off section for leisure activities. But of course, the business news coverage is what it is known ...
Advantages: Clear, plenty of information Disadvantages: Occasionally slow
I use ftyourmoney.com because it makes keeping a track of my investments so easy.
The whole site is easy to navigate with lots of information and news pitched at a level below the "Financial Times" type reader. Your ordinary bloke on the street could understand most of the information with little help. For more sophisticated/experienced investors there is plenty of near live price data and lots of historical price data and graphs available for research ...
tomrhodes 07.09.2000
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Advantages: comprihensive site Disadvantages: sometimes hard to find things
I find FT.com really useful for any thing financial. It is the the best for upto date unit trust prices. You can order company reports from it free of charge, share prices and news all up todate & free of charge. The only slight problem is it can be a little difficult sometimes to find things unless you know the exact name or item you are looking for. I find the free reports bit realy useful if I am considering a stock I always goto free reports ...
diver233 27.08.2000
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Advantages: Lots of excerllent info and its FREE Disadvantages: none
FT.com is an absolute must for the private investor. I personally have never got into the Financial Times newspaper, but I find their website to be absolutely excellent, in fact indispensible. Their up to the minute information on companies and markets and news is excellent and you can monitor prices not only on listed companies (as you get on most day trading web sites) but also on investment trusts etc.
They also have excellent links to other ...
haconsulting 04.04.2001
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Advantages: Latest information on business Disadvantages: none
If you want to know about the latest news in the business sector especially in the stock market, this is the first place you should look into. The site now has been given a new look and it looked much better than the previous one with more features available. It has discussion forums alongside columns and editorials. You can also get access to company information such as the address, contact details, summary of the company activities and it's financial ...
pehchiong 08.08.2000
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Advantages: Informative. Well written. Reliable Disadvantages: Expensive
on Greater Manchester. This featured details of major firms in the area,prospects, issues and problems, and looked at the various places in the area such as Salford, Stockport and Manchester.
I should add this magazine does not confine itself only to the UK but has goodcoverage of Europe as well and gives readers information on technology,bio-tech,auto and other companies in the European Union.They also have an excellent web site - http://www.investorschronicle.ft.com/
Although it is rather expensive - the cover price is 3.25 pounds-this is undeniably a superb publication- it is easy to read,has high editorial standards and is highly reliable. What more could you really ask for ! ...
Advantages: Portfolios include unit trusts, as well as other investments Disadvantages: New issues not updated v.often
III was one of the first finance sites to gain a march on ft.com,one of the first user friendly finance sites, which started slowly and reacted too late to catch up with hemscott and iii.
III has been v.useful for myself. The portfolios are excellent. They not only include shares, but also unit trusts, which many of the other sites do not. It is this feature which makes me prefer it over others as i have a spread portfolio.
The chat on shares is non existent on some, and rather too much on others (pacific media, and anything else ramped by the city slickers)
One wee tip for you, comprehensive business services (CBS.L), just look at the graph, unbelieveable.
III offers a great deal of services, however the new issues isn't updated as often as it should be. ...
This is an excellant long-term investment trust.
All you need to do is look at the chart to see why ;) Steady higher highs and lows all the way ! Thats the best type of trend you can ask for !
Go to FT.com and enter BTEm and take a look at that chart !
The trust invests for the long-term i, the likes of BHP, and Eastern Europe / Russia, it seems to be able to be in the right place at the right time !
If you don't want to invest in the trust, then it can be educational just to take a peak at the companies its invested in as many of them will outperform the markets as a whole !
Theres a discussion on this trust and a few others such as JII, and MLW at http://www.moneyforums.co.uk
I can't reccommend this IT highly enough as a core holding for the long-term, in my experienced its provided a return of 30% per annum ! ...
