A primer on a chosen sector
Industry structure, competitive dynamics, and the names worth following.
Alvermont publishes equity analysis and portfolio risk work alongside a live paper-trading book — every position accompanied by the thesis and the risk that justify it.
The work that informs serious capital allocation — the written thesis, the modelled scenario, the carefully bounded risk — is rarely shown to anyone outside the firms that produce it. Alvermont is a deliberate attempt to do that work in public. We run a paper portfolio, document the reasoning before each position is opened, and publish the risk profile of the book as it changes.
The division of labour follows our professional roles. George Miller is an Investment Analyst at Cooper Family Office and was previously a Junior Analyst in Equity Research at Morgan Stanley; he covers single-name equities and writes the fundamental research. David Sheshaberidze is Vice President at Lynam Partners and a Quantitative Analyst at Imperitón, and has managed a live fund trading real capital; he runs portfolio risk and quantitative analysis. Each piece is signed by the analyst responsible.
We hold no client accounts and accept no commissions. Everything here is published for educational purposes — not as advice, a recommendation, or a solicitation.
David Sheshaberidze & George Miller
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MandateLong/short developed-market equities, with thematic emphasis on technology and financial services. Positions are sized by conviction and by contribution to portfolio risk, and executed in a paper account at Alpaca. No capital is at risk.
An initiation on LVMH: why the post-2023 derating is overdone and what drives the path back to a re-rating.
Industry structure, competitive dynamics, and the names worth following.
The inception book: four sleeves, nine instruments, and why 50% of capital carries 86% of the risk.
How positions are sized, how exposure limits are set, and what we measure.
A study of the factor exposures that actually drive an index's returns.
A transparent paper-trading book. Each position is sized against an explicit risk framework and published with the research behind it. Held in a paper account at Alpaca; no capital is at risk. Paper account
Net asset value, indexed to 100 at inception (15 June 2026). Paper account — no fees and no real capital.
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1Risk metrics populate after the first allocation and are recomputed daily from the paper account.
2Exposures are stated as a percentage of net asset value. Beta is measured against the S&P 500 total-return index.
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Two streams of work — single-name equity research, and quantitative risk and market notes. Published for educational purposes; each equity thesis is linked to a position in the portfolio.
An initiation on LVMH: why the post-2023 derating is overdone and what drives the path back to a re-rating.
Industry structure, competitive dynamics, and the names worth following.
A short note ahead of a relevant earnings release, with what we will be watching.
The inception book: four sleeves, nine instruments, and why 50% of capital carries 86% of the risk.
How positions are sized, how exposure limits are set, and what we measure.
A study of the factor exposures that actually drive an index's returns.
A methodological note on the risk metrics published alongside the portfolio.
Alvermont was founded in 2026 by two analysts working on opposite sides of a typical investment process — research and risk.
Vice President, Lynam Partners · Quantitative Analyst, Imperitón
At Lynam Partners, David supports growth-stage technology, AI, and SaaS businesses raising institutional capital across debt and equity, having joined as a Capital Markets Associate working on structuring for companies entering scalable expansion.
At Imperitón he develops and analyses multi-asset trading strategies across equities and FX, and has managed a live fund trading real capital, with a focus on risk-adjusted returns and portfolio construction.
At Alvermont he is responsible for portfolio risk, position sizing, and the quantitative research stream.
Focus Portfolio risk · Quantitative analysis · Live fund management
Investment Analyst, Cooper Family Office · ex-Morgan Stanley
At Cooper Family Office, George sources and evaluates opportunities across hedge funds, private markets, and real estate for the principal investment committee, preparing due-diligence reports and investment memoranda that inform strategic allocation.
He was previously a Junior Analyst in Equity Research at Morgan Stanley, where over three years he co-authored research reports, earnings previews, initiations, and thematic pieces for institutional accounts.
At Alvermont he is responsible for single-name equity research, sector studies, and the editorial standard of the work.
Focus Equity research · Investment memoranda · Family-office allocation
Alvermont exists to do honest investment work in public. The principle is straightforward: serious research — the written thesis, the modelled scenario, the carefully bounded risk — should not be the exclusive privilege of institutional accounts. By writing it openly, and by linking each thesis to a position the reader can follow, we hold ourselves to a standard closer to that of analysts who must defend their work to others.
The portfolio is not the point in isolation. The point is the discipline of writing before trading, sizing against measured risk, and publishing the result honestly — including when it does not work. We expect to be wrong on occasion; we expect that to be visible.
We hold no client accounts. We accept no commissions. Everything published is our own work, offered for educational use only.
The founders