U.S. stocks dropped after the minutes of the Federal Reserve Board disclosed nothing about a possible stimulus package to fire up the sluggish economy. CNNMoney tells us the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -48.59 points, -0.38%, to close at 12,604.53. The Nasdaq fell -0.49 percent to 2,887.98, while the S&P remained unchanged at 1,341.45. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +1.06 percent to close at 1,018.70. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even. Patrick Industries, Inc. gained the most of tracked stocks, adding +4.44%, +0.61, to close at 14.34. Nobility Homes dropped the most of stocks we track, falling -6.77 percent, -0.38, to close at 5.23. Affiliated Managers Group 107.83 +0.39 (+0.36%). Cavco Industries 48.21 +1.54 (+3.30%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 125,936 +951.00 (+0.76%). Champion, Liberty Homes and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Drew Industries 26.87 -1.79 (-6.25%). Equity Lifestyle Properties 68.30 -0.31(-0.45%). Louisiana Pacific Corp. 10.86 +0.20 (+1.97%). Skyline Corp. 4.76 -0.13 (-2.66%). Sun Communities 44.64 -0.52 (-1.15%). Third Avenue Value Fund (7-10) 44.91 -0.32 (-0.71%). United Forest Products, Inc. 38.97 +0.12 (+0.31). UMH Properties 11.59 -0.01 (-0.09%).
