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.

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

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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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.

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Stress tests. Massive government interventions. Speculation that the government would nationalize Citigroup and Bank of America.

Last I checked, the economy's still in recession, unemployment is rising, and consumers are having trouble paying their bills. But you wouldn't know this from looking at what's going on in the credit card world lately.

Prices for long-term Treasury bonds fell Wednesday after economic reports on manufacturing and housing gave investors reason to seek higher returns in the stock market.

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Stocks slipped Tuesday, at the end of the S&P 500's best quarter in more than a decade, with a weaker-than-expected consumer confidence report and a slump in oil prices sparking the selloff.

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Treasurys drifted lower Tuesday as investors responded to a stronger than expected report on the housing market and a slower decline in regional manufacturing activity.

Many owners of our country's bonds are worried that the federal government is spending like inebriated sailors on shore leave to try and get the nation out of this economic mess.

They say that General Electric is a pretty good barometer of the economy. If that's the case, the economy does seem to be improving -- but it's still in pretty lousy shape.

Don't look now. But the dollar is starting to weaken again against the euro, pound and yen, leading some to wonder if its days as the world's No. 1 currency are numbered.

If this recession has taught us anything, it's that debt can kill.

What's that sound? That rumbling from Wall Street? The broad market has cooled off this month. But some stocks are taking the June swoon in stride, thank you very much.