U.S. stocks moved very little despite positive housing news and strong third quarter corporate reports. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose +0.04 percent today, +5.22 points, to close at 13,557, while the Nasdaq gained +0.10 percent, +2.95 points to close at 3104.12. The S&P also edged up, +0.41 percent, +5.99 points to close at 1,460.91. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved up +0.97 percent to close at 1151.7. Housing stocks we track mostly gained some ground, or closed even. Louisiana Pacific Corp. advanced the most of stocks we follow, gaining +5.17 percent, +0.76, to end the trading day at 15.45. Patrick and Skyline also performed well today. Nobility Homes lost the most of tracked stocks, -0.86 percent, -0.05, to close at 5.75. Affiliated Managers Group 126.31 +1.47 (+1.18%). Cavco Industries 47.20 +0.90 (+1.94%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 135,766 +916.00 (+0.68%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Drew Industries 32.25 +0.43 (+1.35%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 66.75 -0.42 (-0.63%). Patrick Industries 19.80 +0.96 (+5.03%). Skyline Corp. 4.90 +0.23 (+4.93%). Sun Communities, Inc. 43.92 -0.09 (-0.20%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Oct. 16) 48.91 +0.41 (+0.85%). United Forest Products, Inc. 41.91 +0.12 (+0.11%). UMH 11.33 +0.07 (+0.62%).
