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1. Great Scotts?
By Doug Kass
8:09 a.m. EDT

Isn't Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG Quote) a reasonable lateral play on the Home Depot (HD Quote) and Lowe's (LOW Quote) numbers?

Long HD and LOW.

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2. E-House China Holdings (EJ)
By Alan Farley
8:57 a.m. EDT

E-House China Holdings (EJ Quote) is a top China play that's just reported earnings this morning. It's currently trading around $14.50. If that price holds at the open, it will trigger a breakout over the rising wedge pattern that's been in place since early April.

The upside target then becomes the top parallel of the rising wedge support line.

More comments and annotated chart here.

No positions.

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3. Stock-Split Fever
By Paul Rubillo
9:51 a.m. EDT

It will be interesting to see if stock-split "fever" is coming back (Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR Quote) with a 3-for-2 split, who's next?)! Everyone who was a "player" in the late '90s remembers "printing" money when news of stock splits hit the wires. Oh boy, were those the days, buying AOL, Lucent, Cisco (CSCO Quote), Dell (DELL Quote) on earnings and stock splits was where the action was. If anyone else wants to chime in and email me what you remember from those days, I would love to hear some of your stories.

No positions.