The Dow hit a new high today at 14,286.37, topping the intraday and closing records set in 2007.CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up, gaining +0.80 percent, +113.28 points, to close at a record high of 14,241.10, having gained nine percent since the beginning of the year. The Nasdaq moved up also, +1.32 percent, +42.10 points, to close at 3,224.13, while the S&P advanced +0.96 percent, +14.59 points, to end the day at 1,539.79. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved up +0.44 percent to close at 1459.3. Most housing stocks we track closed up, with not a lot of change, or even. Affiliated Managers Group gained the most of tracked stocks, advancing +1.44 percent, +2.12, to end the day at 149.15. Third Avenue Value Fund (March 4) dropped the most of stocks we track, -0.35 percent, -0.18, to close at 51.99. Cavco Industries 46.23 +0.26 (+0.57%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 154,425 +1,470 (+0.96%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Drew Industries 36.89 +0.31 (+0.85%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 74.95 +0.30 (+0.40%). Louisiana Pacific Industries, Inc. 21.80 +0.20 (+0.93%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 5.40. Patrick Industries 14.14 +0.03 (+0.21%). Skyline Corp. 4.53 -0.0101 (-0.22%). Sun Communities Inc. 47.13 +0.15 (+0.30%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 40.99 +0.34 (+0.85%). UMH 10.17 +0.06 (+0.59%).
