Wikinvest: Investing Wiki with Research about Companies

Built for investors by investors is how this site describes itself and there’s no doubt that the content, quality and functions are very impressive having picked up several awards.

The site can work for you in more ways than one. As a source of knowledge about all that makes up the financial markets it is very comprehensive with analysis and articles on quoted companies, commodities, currencies, exchanges and indices to name just a few. There is even a money school with guides on investing and personal finance.

For the serious investor though it can go a lot further. By electronically importing all of the data from your investment accounts you can take advantage of the Wikinvest Portfolio Manager and keep a close and accurate eye on its level of performance and with it the level of performance of any financial advisor you may have.

Having all of your investment information in one place makes life easier and the system will push real-time market information straight to your browser about all of the stocks you own. Analysis in the form of interactive charts helps with industry comparisons and keeps you up to date with any possible trends.

Searching for investment ideas is made a lot easier too and users don’t have to be experts in the language of symbols. By typing in an idea the intuitive system will search for relevant data based around that idea to find relevant articles and information on the companies affected. A good example would be obesity where a search on that word would throw up information on companies involved in drug manufacture and everything relevant to diet and fitness.

All in all this is a great site offering not only advice, tips and comprehensive information about investing but a portfolio manager as well.

Conclusion
A most impressive one-stop shop for investors and it’s free too.