Since I recommended PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) on Oct. 20, the stock has greatly outperformed the market, up about 10%. 

C.H. Robinson Stock Moving; Report: Rough Year Ahead for Latin America; Foreign Direct Investing in China Falling; Seattle Post-Intelligencer Goes Online-Only; U.S. to Seize $100 Million From Madoffs; Foreigners Tossing Treasuries; MGM Antes Up

Unemployment is on the march, the plummeting housing market has yet to find a bottom and top U.S. companies in the banking and automaking sectors remain downright shaky.