Digital Look

Digital Look is a publisher of financial information, including real time investor data, prices, breaking news and advanced trading tools. It also owns Proshare Investment Clubs which provides support and information and education to UK Investment Clubs and private investors and ShareCast which publishes daily breaking financial news.

Digital Look offers information on companies, including performance tables, stock-screening, top-movers and IPOs. Their guide to International Markets featues share prices, (UK, USA, Euro, Singapore and Hong Kong), Bonds (short, medium, long-term, undated, strips), Forex (spot, tourist, 3-year historical rates by ComStock), Commodities (oil, gold, silver, palladium, platinum, livestock, Krugerrands) and Covered Warrants (shares, indices, forex, commodities, depository receipts, exotics).

The Digital Look site offers free live streaming market news, prices & quotes, charting, heat-maps and portfolio tracking. Click on News for Regulatory News Service (RNS) and RNS alerts, news map; ShareCast market reports, company news, small caps, new issues, economic news and a news archive.

Their Funds/manager/sector search shows performance tables and a funds screener. Data and presentation is rather reminiscent of Morningstar but sans the styleboxes and the x-ray tool.

Personal Finance features Credit cards, banking, unsecured loans, savings, mortgages, ISAs and life, health and general assurance best buys, powered by The Motley Fool. The Leaning Centre covers trading in shares, collective investments, small caps, spread bets, CFDs, covered warrants, forex, as well as Personal Finance

Content is generally impeccable, save for the Personal Finance area which is tres ordinaire and does not fit easily with other content. For such a content-rich site, navigation is athletic and uncomplicated. Start by clicking on the overhead menu. It gets easier after that!

If you are at all serious about investment, bookmark this site.