champc/iStock via Getty Images The Long Only portfolio fell 3.7% in Q1. During the period I bought a starter position in Honeywell ( HON ) (“HON”). HON is a well-recognized diversified industrial conglomerate that is aggressively simplifying its portfolio. Last year they spun their specialty chemicals and materials operations, Solstice Advanced Materials, and have since filed the Form 10 for the s...
champc/iStock via Getty Images The Long Only portfolio fell 3.7% in Q1. During the period I bought a starter position in Honeywell ( HON ) (“HON”). HON is a well-recognized diversified industrial conglomerate that is aggressively simplifying its portfolio. Last year they spun their specialty chemicals and materials operations, Solstice Advanced Materials, and have since filed the Form 10 for the spin-off of their aerospace division, which is expected to begin trading as Honeywell Aerospace ( HWM ) (HONA) in a couple months. Management recently announced the sale of their low-margin Warehouse & Workflow Solutions business, further narrowing the company’s focus. April 2026 Merion RoadSmall Cap Fund IWM ( IWM )(Russell 2000) Barclay HedgeFund Index MRCM LongOnly Large Cap SPY ( SPY )(S&P 500) AnnualizedSince Inception 15.8% 9.5% 6.4% AnnualizedSince Inception 13.0% Q1 2026 3.1% 0.9% (0.1%) Q4 2026 (4.4%) 2026 YTD 3.1% 0.9% (0.1%) 2026 YTD (4.4%) 2025 9.2% 12.7% 12.4% 2025 17.7% 2024 17.4% 11.4% 9.4% 2024 24.9% 2023 11.5% 16.4% 9.3% 2023 25.7% 2022 (16.9%) (20.4%) (8.5%) 2022 (18.2%) 2021 42.5% 14.5% 10.0% 2021 28.7% 2020 29.5% 20.0% 11.0% 2020 18.3% 2019 17.9% 25.4% 10.6% 2019 31.2% 2018 15.7% (11.1%) (5.2%) 2018 (4.6%) 2017 35.7% 14.6% 10.3% Dec 18 - Dec 31 (0.5%) 2016 (Jul-Dec) 1.3% 18.7% 5.4% Click to enlarge HONA is a crucial systems provider for virtually every commercial and defense airplane. Aerospace is an attractive business given the stability of its earnings. 14% of HONA’s revenue comes from commercial OEM operations whereby they sell propulsion, avionics, and auxiliary power units—mission-critical parts that have high switching costs. Once a plane is certified with HONA components, the airline is effectively a captive customer for decades. While this segment may fluctuate based on the production of new planes, HONA’s aftermarket business does not. Here the company captures an annuity-like revenue stream of high-margin service and spare parts for the lifecyc...
Private Sector Struggles In Major Chinese Industrial Base As Export Orders Shrink: Local Businessmen Authored by Alex Wu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Amid China’s persistently sluggish economy, Zhejiang Province, a major production and industrial base in eastern China, is seeing a decline in trade orders as private enterprises struggle to stay afloat, according to industry professionals wh...
Private Sector Struggles In Major Chinese Industrial Base As Export Orders Shrink: Local Businessmen Authored by Alex Wu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Amid China’s persistently sluggish economy, Zhejiang Province, a major production and industrial base in eastern China, is seeing a decline in trade orders as private enterprises struggle to stay afloat, according to industry professionals who spoke with The Epoch Times. Workers load goods for export into a container at a logistics hub in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China, on April 29, 2025. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images As the “hollowing out” of the private sector economy in mainland China intensifies, profit margins for industrial enterprises in Zhejiang have been under pressure since 2024, local industry insiders say. The coastal province bordering the megacity of Shanghai is an economic powerhouse for China. It ranked fourth nationwide in gross domestic product last year, with its capital city of Hangzhou being the primary economic driver, along with other well-known commercial cities in the province such as Ningbo and Wenzhou, according to official data. However, a large number of family-run export enterprises, which had previously served as pillars of the local county-level economies within the provinces, have had to cease operations in the face of shifting supply chains and shrinking orders over the past few years, according to Huang, an insider in Zhejiang’s textile industry who gave only her last name out of fear of reprisal from the Chinese regime. “Profits have now dwindled to below 3 percent,” she told The Epoch Times. “Most garment factories are either operating at a loss or have gone under.” The situation in Zhejiang has changed, Huang said. “ It is no longer the profitable place it once was ,“ she said. ”F or many enterprises, the issue isn’t merely low profit margins—they are actually reaching their breaking point . “Private enterprises in the Jiangsu–Zhejiang region have long been regarded as a barome...
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) provided investors critical information they need to make a decision about buying or selling the stock. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of April 27, 2026. The video was published on April 29, 2026. Continue reading
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