Fastenal Company (FAST)

I covered a small short today for a modest gain.

For those that are keeping score, I am very liquid today... Longs: , , , , , ,   , , , , and Shorts: , , , , , , , , , and __________ Long FDX (large), GLD (small), KSS, KHC (large), PZZA, TWTR (large), VIAC (large), M (large), GE (small), C, BAC, W...

Monday saw another (albeit small) market advance -- with a narrow trading range. It was good action for the bulls considering the incremental trade news. Also, we heard a lot of noise but nothing definitive: * Breadth was negative -- with around -40...

* My revised levels I don't want there to be any ambiguity about the size of my positions or about my buy and short levels as I strive for as much transparency as possible. "When the time comes to buy, you won't want to." - Walter Deemer "When the t...

I was quite active in my trading and investing over the last two days (while I was on the West Coast and not writing in my Diary). Here is a summary of my actions: * I have added to my private equity shorts - (a new position) joins . * I have reesta...

"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...