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Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Buying Time

TheStreet.com Staff

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Tuesday's big market rally demonstrates why people should stay in the game and take advantage of buying opportunities, Jim Cramer told viewers of his "Mad Money" TV show.

"This rally gives us a week worth of good," he said. "We should be higher than we are now a week from today." However, he said the volatile market will swing back and forth, much like it did in the 1990s.

Cramer said short-term investors can make some money in this "treacherous and horrible" market. But he reminded investors not to buy into hope because the market hasn't bottomed yet.

Today's rally was the result of the market being dramatically oversold, he explained. He also said the market received a big lift from good news from such companies as Corning (GLW), Wal-Mart (WMT) and Goldman Sachs (GS), which he owns for his charitable trust, Action Alerts PLUS.

Cramer said he didn't hear anything today which makes him think the forces that lowered the market before won't come back after the market has recovered a bit. He believes stocks will go higher until the market gets overbought.

For now, Wal-Mart's good numbers means that retail gets to win a bit. Cramer said people know he likes Target (TGT), Kohl's (KSS) and Costco (COST).

In addition, GameStop (GME) should do well and J.C. Penney (JCP), which reports Thursday, could pop, he said. Sears (SHLD), which Cramer owns Action Alerts PLUS, and is the "worst-in-show," could also go higher.

Moreover, Apple (AAPL), Research In Motion (RIMM) and Google (GOOG) are all good, Cramer added.

Concerning the financials, Goldman Sachs "is going much, much higher," he said. But people should consider selling the brokerages and banks that haven't been working into the lift tomorrow.

"If you think the rally is fake, stay defensive," Cramer said. Either way, the market is still volatile, so be cautious.

Biotech Back in Vogue

During the 1990 market meltdown, high-growth biotechs worked, especially Amgen (AMGN), Cramer told viewers.

Now, after this five-day rally, these same stocks should come back in vogue and three biotech stocks stand out, he said.

The "more conservative" pair he likes is Genentech (DNA) and Celgene (CELG). "When the rally ends next week these should be the men standing," he said, noting investors should scale into these stocks, which he likes for 2008.

Celgene and Genentech both have drugs that seem to have promising advances in the pipeline, he said. Celgene's Revlimid drug, which treats blood cancer, holds promise for increased label expansion next year, he said.

Celgene, Cramer said, is a stock investors should consider buying before the American Society of Hematology's annual meeting in December. He said the stock should go higher because it has a 42% long-term growth rate although its last quarter wasn't so hot.

Genentech, he continued, has several successful drugs, including its "miracle cancer drug" Avastin that could be approved for other uses. The catalyst here is a meeting the Food and Drug Administration's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee will have on Dec. 5 to discuss Avastin. The meeting, Cramer believes, should bring great news.

Of the two, he prefers Celgene with Genentech a close runner-up.

Turn On Onyx

Cramer's favorite biotech and the one he feels is the Amgen of 2008 is Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX), a stock which hit its 52-week high on Nov. 7.

Its main drug, Nexavar, is used as an anticancer therapy and is "amazing," he said. Similar to Revlimid and Avastin, Nexavar is seeing label expansion and being used off-label to treat liver cancer. This, Cramer said, was a big part of why Onyx's last quarter was so "phenomenal."

While Onyx has the growth, it is riskier than Celgene or Genentech, which are bigger, more established and more profitable, he warned. Cramer recommended Celgene and Genentech for the more cautious.

Sudden Death

During the "Sudden Death" round, Cramer was bullish on Marvel Entertainment (MVL), Marshall & Ilsley (MI) and First Solar (FSLR).

He was bearish on Panera Bread (PNRA) and Yingli Green Energy (YGE).

Mad Mail

In his "Mad Mail" segment, Cramer told an emailer he's increasingly concerned about PepsiCo (PEP) because of the higher cost of raw materials.

Coca-Cola (KO) came out and said their raw costs have peaked, meanwhile Pepsi wasn't able to say that, he said. Regardless, Cramer said he still considers Pepsi a good company.

Lightning Round

Cramer was bullish on NYSE (NYX), Brocade Communications (BRCD), AT&T (T), Verizon (VZ), ValueClick (VCLK), Ultra Petroleum (UPL), Apache (APA), XTO Energy (XTO), Google (GOOG), Dolby Laboratories (DLB), Integrys Energy (TEG), Consolidated Edison (ED) and Exelon (EXC).

Cramer was bearish on Nasdaq Stock Market (NDAQ) and NeuStar (NSR).

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