Investors continue to stand on the outskirts of the dance floor, awaiting corporate returns, as the Dow moved up one-fifth of one percent in today’s trading, while the Nasdaq and S&P split the difference. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged up +0.20 percent, +27.57 points, to end the day at 13,534.89. The Nasdaq lost -0.22 percent, -6.72 points, to close at 3,110.78, while the S&P advanced +0.11 percent, +1.66 points, to end the day at 1,472.34. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +0.26 percent to close at 1260.2. Most housing stocks we track closed up or even. Skyline Corp gained the most of stocks we track, moving up +2.82 percent, +0.12, to end the day at 4.38. Cavo Industries, Inc. lost the most of tracked stocks, falling -0.75%, -0.37 to 49.16. Affiliated Managers Group 140.67 +0.86 (+0.62%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 143,205 +205. (+0.14%). Champion, Liberty Homes, and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.60. Drew Industries remained at 34.81. Equity LifeStyle Properties 71.52 +0.28 (+0.39%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 20.28 +0.06 (+0.30%). Nobility Homes remained at 4.60. Patrick Industries 16.60 +0.02 (+0.12%). Sun Communities, Inc. 42.15 +0.53 +(1.27%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Jan. 14) 51.49 +0.12 (+0.23%). UMH 10.26 +0.03 (+0.29%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 39.87 -0.13 (-0.33%).
