Fastenal Co. (FAST)

"Power is okay, and stupidity is usually harmless. Power and stupidity together are dangerous"  - Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind The S&P 500 futures continue to be up just a tad over 1% in pre-market action. Looks like we still start the day...

More on Powell from Peter Boockvar (note his comments on Fastenal , a long term investment short I frequented discussed in the past as an excellent proxy for U.S. manufacturing): The main worry I have with the Fed and what could be a cycle of rate c...

"Workin' on our night moves Trying to lose the awkward teenage blues Workin' on out night moves In the summertime And oh the wonder Felt the lightning And we waited on the thunder Waited on the thunder." -- Bob Seger, Night Moves  Overnight the S&P ...

"More recently (of two days vintage), a biz media commentator and a "talking head" on CNBC - after the Netflix beat and initial sharp share price rise (which has now been aborted) - both confidently said, this week, that the earnings report would be...

"We believe that free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity!" - The Kudlow Creed Dear Larry, You and I go way back - we have been friends for many years. I deliver this letter to you out of respect and in recognition of that friendship. I...

I have covered my small Fastenal short at $51.60 just now. The shares are -$4 on disappointing earnings. I am also taking the stock off of my Best Ideas List (short) as I have other short "fish to fry."

With today's trading over and done, let's turn our gaze to what awaits us Wednesday. On the earnings front, it's a pretty light dance card with only industrial and construction supply company Fastenal and payment technology company USA Technologies ...

Here is a list of the positions I own (long and short) that have been mentioned in my Diary: Longs: puts, large, small, , small, , large, , small, , , small, large, calls, TWTR large, small Shorts: SPY calls, SPY Large, , small, tagends, small, smal...

Here is a list of the positions I own (long and short) that have been mentioned in my Diary: Longs: puts, large, small,  , small, , , large, , small, small, small, small, large, large, small. Shorts: SPY calls, SPY large, large, small, tagends, smal...

After having taken gains in a long list of shorts and longs over the last month, my book (in terms of the number of holdings and in my gross exposure) has rarely ever been smaller than it is today. I usually have more than 40 positions (long and sho...

Peter Boockvar looks at this week's most important thing (besides soccer) - the upcoming earnings report from Fastenal : "Second-quarter earnings reports are upon us - fortunately, because we can finally hear directly from Corporate America as to: -...

BMO Capital has lowered its price target by $3 to $54 on Fastenal . Keeping stock at "market perform".

Baird defends Fastenal this morning, holding to a $53 price target.

"While options can give market participants the protection they are intended to provide, they can also increase the degree of a counter move, once it gets going, as those who wrote the protection scramble to unwind their own exposure." -- Kass Diary...

Fastenal , one of my longstanding investment shorts, reported in-line top and bottom lines. The shares are lower by a beaner, probably caused by a 20-basis-point decline in gross profit margins.

In another possible sign of slowing manufacturing growth -- Fastenal's shares -2% today (and searching for the year's lows). Fastenal is trading at $41.50. It was placed on my Best Ideas List (short) at $51.39 in January, 2017.