Market Commentary

Even the Smartest Guy

May 14th, 2012 by Colorado West Investments

May 14, 2012 Even the smartest guy in the room sometimes makes mistakes. Jamie Dimon, CEO of the huge U.S. bank JP Morgan, has been called the smartest guy [...] read more

The Most Important News Last Week

May 7th, 2012 by Colorado West Investments

May 7, 2012 The most important news last week may have actually happened this past weekend. On Sunday, voters went to the polls in France, Greece, and Germany and [...] read more

One Expensive Apple

April 30th, 2012 by Colorado West Investments

April 30, 2012 What is the costliest fruit? How about an apple, as in Apple Inc.? With more than $500 billion in market capitalization, Apple is the world’s most [...] read more

Move over Europe

April 23rd, 2012 by Colorado West Investments

April 23, 2012 Move over European debt headlines, corporate earnings have something to say. Even though troubles are brewing again across the pond in Europe, corporate earnings season in [...] read more

It’s back, Volatility, that is

April 16th, 2012 by Colorado West Investments

April 16, 2012 Like a yo-yo, the market bounced around and the S&P 500 index ultimately ended down 2.0 percent for the week and 3.4 percent from this year’s [...] read more

Blame it on the Weather

April 9th, 2012 by Colorado West Investments

April 9, 2012 When in doubt, blame it on the weather. It’s human nature to want to ascribe a reason to everything that happens in the world. Rather than [...] read more

Strong First Quarter

April 2nd, 2012 by Colorado West Investments

Last week marked the end of a very strong first quarter for the stock market. For the quarter, the S&P 500 index rose 12.0 percent, its strongest start to [...] read more

Pretty Soon, You have a Really Nice Market Rally

March 26th, 2012 by Colorado West Investments

March 26, 2012 A trillion here, a trillion there and, pretty soon, you have a nice market rally. Through a program called quantitative easing, central banks around the world [...] read more

Highlights of a Busy Market

March 19th, 2012 by Colorado West Investments

March 19, 2012 It was a busy week on Wall Street with numerous big moves and key milestones hit. Here are a few of the highlights: The S&P 500 [...] read more

Stock market support starting to fall in place

March 12th, 2012 by Colorado West Investments

An important key to support the stock market is starting to fall into place. You may have guessed that key is JOBS. Last week, the Labor Department reported an [...] read more