Wrangling in Washington over the impending fiscal cliff once again stifled U.S. stocks as the three major indexes ended below the break even line. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped -0.1 percent, -13.82 points, ending the day at 12,951.78. The Nasdaq moved down -0.18 percent, -5.51 points, to close at 2,996.69, while the S&P nudged down -0.17 percent, -2.41 points, to close at 1,407.05. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved down -0.12 percent to close at 1197.4. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even. Universal Forest Products, Inc. gained the most of tracked stocks, +1.69%, +0.62, to close at 37.16. Deer Valley fell the most of tracked stocks, losing -4.62%, -0.03, to close at 0.61. Affiliated Managers Group 127.44 -0.86 -0.64 percent. Cavco Industries 50.04 -0.02 (-0.04%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 130,890 -1,000. (-0.76%). Champion, Liberty Homes, and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Drew Industries 31.96 +0.16 (+0.50%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 66.20 +0.26 (+0.39%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 17.34 +0.10 (+0.78%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 5.50. Patrick Industries 16.40 -0.59 (-3.72%). Skyline Corp. 3.90 -0.07 (-1.76%). Sun Communities, Inc. 39.58 -0.32 (-0.80%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Dec. 3) 49.15 -0.03 (-0.06%). UMH 10.18 +0.03 (+0.30%).
