iii.co.uk (Interactive Investor International)

Advantages: portfolio, discussion boards, desktoptrader
Disadvantages: no integrated brokerage, can't trade through iii,

...shares have plunged, can’t believe iii.co.uk is still around. They were the ones with lastminute.com who popped the bubble, hyped the share price up to epic proportions and raked in the profits at the IPO (floatation) Interactive Investor had £50 million odd squid in the bank, but they’ve sold out to AMP AKA ample.com but that’s another story. Interactive Investor basically missed the boat when they opted not to start an integrated ...
...market share and a lot of subscribers, which may be their eventual undoing. They should have really charged for their portfolio services, but hey they had money to burn.. So why should you use iii.co.uk? Lets go for a tour… 1) The most informative knowledgeable discussion boards and users in the United Kingdom maybe in Europe. Looking to find information on a particular stock, then find it at iii.co.uk, or start your own. The users are so ... Read review

Advantages: Real time prices that flash Red and blue before your eyes
Disadvantages: Too many people looking for a verbal fight on the bulletin boards

...each year since it began iii.co.uk (iii) has improved no end. I use a number of investor sights everyday, but the site I use as my homepage is iii.co.uk. The reasons.. many! Firstly it is my impression after using a number of portfolio tracking sights from Uk-invest, ADVFN, sharepages, motley fool too name a few. iii's is the best! You can track your stocks from a day too day basis, and for free. If you use there free service you get a 15minute ...
...if you opt for the subscription which I have since its launch about 6months ago, you get real-time prices on your portfolio. This is great too keep track of movements during the trading day. I often find myself looking at the iii prices over the level 2 data I get from ProQuote and ADVFN. iii does have a big sense of community amounst some of its users, however I feel since the dot com meltdown since march the bulletin boards have had a plague ... Read review

Advantages: A great portfolio tracking tool, good discussion and useful broker research
Disadvantages: No currency conversion calculator, maybe not a site for the die hard investment analyst

I am interested in Investment and have a portfolio which I like to keep track of. I had seen iii advertised in publications such as the Financial Times and never thought about using it. I only started using the site after a friend recommended it to me and showed me the portfolio tracking service. The portfolio tracking tool is definitely my favourite feature on iii, it must be seen to be appreciated. The portfolio tracking tool allows you to keep ...
...equities, Unit trusts, Pensions etc. The tool gives you instant access to charts, news and discussion on investments you have chosen to include in your portfolio. The discussion boards on iii are very good with well informed investors leaving worthwhile information. The portfolio tracking tool also shows your total profit or loss you have made on all your investments as a financial figure and as a percentage. The information the site provides on ... Read review

Advantages: Very comprehensive coverage of different types of investments.
Disadvantages: "The value of your investments can go down as well as up!!"

Delusions of grandeur sent me to Interactive Investor International. Wall Street here I come. Gordon Gecko make way for the new kid on the block. Fetch the red braces. Sharpen your quill Bret Easton Ellis. The financial whizz kid needs a site to manage his portfolio. Now there’s a grand word. Portfolio. It means I have a lot of money. Portfolio. Only important people have portfolios. Portfolio. How it will impress them down at the Fox and Hounds. ...
...even more cache to the serious investor like myself. But why did I choose iii over all the other possibilities now on offer? I wasn’t exactly a financial management site virgin. I had already spent hours and hours uploading my PEPs and ISAs, my bonds and shares onto the Daily Mail’s Thisismoney site. And it looked impressive when I had finished. Updated daily with a twenty minute timelapse from Lloyds, it would keep me informed of the ... Read review

Advantages: Trusts updates in your portfolio, good all round resource
Disadvantages: Not great for news, there are more comprehensive resources around

When i first looked around for an online centre where i could keep track of my investments i registerd with all of the major players in cluding Fool, Moneyworld (.co.uk) and Uk-Invest, but the only one that I stuck with was III. Why, well basically because it has a great Portfolio service. YOu sign up and within seconds can track your shares and, more importantly, your funds and trusts. III was when I signed up, the only site that tracked yuour trusts ...
...got to the stage now where I don't own any shares - I'm looking for a new set of investments - but I still check III daily to see how my trust has done. I even bought into the trust through III via their discount broker scheme. All in all III is a good site, the news could be a lot better and the information on product comparison is not as comprehensive as Moneyworld, but as far as a general resource goes its pretty good and probably the best one ... Read review