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Stocks tumbled Thursday, with the Dow losing 212 points, after a worse-than-expected jobs report hammered hopes that the economy is close to stabilizing.

Bond prices turned higher Thursday after June job losses in a government report were much worse than expected, shaking recovery hopes.

One year ago, on July 3, 2008, oil prices settled at a record high -- a once-unthinkable $145.29 a barrel

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It looks like someone may have sprayed a healthy dose of Ortho Weed B Gon on those economic green shoots.

U.S. stocks were poised to open lower Thursday, the end of a holiday-shortened week, as investors awaited the government's June jobs report.

The companies I selected were representative of four high yielding sectors- real estate,energy transportation,utilities and tobacco.Despite the high yields, the dividend payments seemed sustainable enough even during the financial meltdown.The average yield on the four stocks mentioned below is 6.88%.The riskiest stock of the four seems to be Realty Income,since real estate is one of the hardest hit sectors in the US. Kinder Morgan(KMP)and Con Edison(ED)are pretty much utility like investments,while Phillip Morris International (PM)should do fine in a crisis,as smokers find it tougher to quit.

PepsiCo, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells various snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages, and foods worldwide.

PepsiCo is a major component of the S&P 500, Dow Industrials and the Dividend Aristocrats Indexes. PepsiCo has been consistently increasing its dividends for 36 consecutive years.

Stocks climbed Wednesday, with investors starting off the third quarter on a positive note, after reports on manufacturing and housing added to bets that the pace of the recession is slowing.