Monday, 01/14/08
Posted 01/14/08,  11:43 pm

(Scroll down to see Jim's comments below)

 
 
Today's date:  Monday, 01/14/08

  Dow Jones: 12,778   + 171
  NASDAQ:   2,478     + 38
  S&P 500:   1,416     + 15
 
 
 
 
 
First Segment
 
Final Segment 1 Title: 'Clinical Precision'

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Featured Stock(s): Covance Inc. (CVD)

See CVD's website here.

Yahoo! Finance profile for CVD here.



2nd segment picks below...



Promise me you will not let one really good day fool you...

This market won't take long to revert to form, and become just as brutal and dangerous - and downright hard - as it's been...

But today's given you an opportunity to buy some incredibly good recession-proof stocks at a discount.

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So I'm switching directions, and telling you about the contract research organizations - CROs...   These are companies that get paid by big pharma to save money by outsourcing the process of clinical trials, which is what you have to go through, when you've invented a drug, and you've got to get it through the FDA...

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You should know how these companies differentiate themselves...

There are early-stage CROs, which help pharma companies with Phase I studies and other early drug develpment tests...

Then there are late-stage CROs that manage, design and process samples for Phase II, III and IV studies...  along with helping pharma and biotech companies through the FDA approval process...  Late-stage is where drugs are made or broken...

And, finally... there are company's that do both...  company's like my favorite CRO, Covance Inc. (CVD)...

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The Bottom Line!:    The best way to place today's rally is to tack against the market bullish sentiment, and prepare for the worst, by picking up great recession stocks that get abandoned during this kind of rally.  That means CROs - contract research organizations.  We're adding them to diagnostics and healthcare cost containments (stocks)... and my favorite is Covance Inc. (CVD).

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Stock Snapshots - Includes all stocks mentioned above

 

 

 

Jim
Cramer's
rating on
this stock

STOCK
SYMBOL

Closing
price
that
day

Opening
price
next
day

Full Company Name/Comments
(see comments above for each)


CVD

95.66

96.76

Covance Inc. (CVD)

 

 
 
Second Segment
 
 
Final Segment 1 Title: 'On The Line'...


CEO Interview
Zan Guerry, CEO

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Featured Stock(s): Chattem Inc. (CHTT)

See CHTT's website here.

Yahoo! Finance profile for CHTT here.




2nd segment picks below...



Jim's comments BEFORE the interview:  

On the line now is Zan Guerry.  He's the chairman and CEO of Chattem Inc. (CHTT).  Mr. Guerry, you have made our viewers a fortune.  You're a long-time Mad Money recommendation from April 7th, 2006, at $37... Up 107% since... trading again at a new high today...   All right, you've got the floor.  How's it doing?...

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Jim's comments AFTER the interview:  

Money!... He's money!... He's what we're looking for...  This stock has been a winner and it will stay a winner, so you should stick with it!

 

 

Stock Snapshots - Includes all stocks mentioned above

   
 

Jim
Cramer's
rating on
this stock

STOCK
SYMBOL

Closing
price
that
day

Opening
price
next
day

Full Company Name/Comments
(see comments above for each)


CHTT

76.84

76.95

Chattem Inc. (CHTT)

 

 

[ end of final segment ]

   
 

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Back up the truck - indicated by Jim, when he says the stock is so good, that he would do a 'mon-back' on the stock... In other words, this is the sound someone would say to a truck driver, "Come on back... " as he is "backing up the truck" to load up on his cargo.  Translation for buying stocks:  This recommendation by Jim indicates that, after you do your own homework on the stock, you should feel comfortable loading up on it, as it is in a good position to be bought at this point.

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Definitions of key phrases used by Jim, known as "Cramerisms":

Definition:   'Pull the trigger' is Jim's phrase for making the decision at that point to trade - either to 'buy' or to 'sell' (although he usually uses the phrase for buying), as if to say you should feel comfortable enough to make the final decision without looking back...

Definition:   'Ring the Register' is Jim's phrase for selling a stock, and making it a final sale, that you should not look back on.  Put it behind you.

Definition:  'Let It Come In' indicates how you may wait for it to pull back, or have the stock price come down briefly, as your chance (after letting it come in) to buy the rest of your position (i.e., total number of shares you own in that stock).

Definition:  'backing it up' or 'doing a 'mon-back' is Jim's phrase for the metaphor of backing up a truck to load up on a stock by buying it.  'Mon-back is short for the imaginary worker saying, 'Come on back...' as the truck is backing up to receive its load... Notice that we use the little truck icon to indicate where Jim has mentioned this.  Translation for buying stocks:  This recommendation by Jim indicates that, after you do your own homework on the stock, you should feel comfortable loading up on it, as it is in a good position to be bought at this point.
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