DW West Investments LLC

DW West Investments LLC provides ongoing discretionary portfolio management to retail individuals, which may include high-net-worth clients, and is in a launch phase with reported discretionary AUM of $0 and no account minimum at inception. Portfolios are constructed from three model allocations — Core Growth, Defensive U.S. Equity, and Aggressive — implemented primarily with individual equities and ETFs and emphasizing technology and high-quality U.S. companies.

The firm’s investment process blends fundamental research, industry data, position and sector limits, and dollar-cost averaging within client-specific Investment Policy Statements; rebalancing is performed when drift exceeds thresholds and may be executed under the firm’s discretionary authority. The advisor generally opens accounts at Interactive Brokers, conducts at least quarterly reviews, and emphasizes execution and operational oversight as part of its service model.

Notable differences from many peers include the firm’s disclosure of both hypothetical performance and historical performance results in its materials, a practice that is uncommon among similar independent advisors and that carries the usual limitations of backtested or presented performance. The principal holds a doctoral degree and maintains full-time employment outside the advisory business, with explicit conflict-mitigation measures (for example, prohibiting solicitation at the employer), and the firm offered a limited “Friends & Family/Founders 10” onboarding program with temporary fee concessions for early clients.