Investors were spurred on by positive economic data and talk that a budget compromise will be reached before the March 27 deadline, leading the Dow to a fifth straight record day as all three indexes rose. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up +0.35 percent, +50.22 points, to close at another record high of 14,447.29. The Nasdaq gained +0.26 percent, +8.50 points, to close at 3,252.87 while the S&P rose +0.32 percent, +5.04 points, to end the day at 1,556.22. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved down -0.20 percent to close at 1482.5. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even. Equity LifeStyle Properties gained the most of tracked stocks, advancing +1.21 percent, +0.89, to end the day at 74.70. Universal Forest Products, Inc. dropped the most of stocks we track, -2.60 percent, -1.09, to close at 41.04. Affiliated Managers Group 150.79 -0.38 (-0.25%). Cavco Industries 48.39 -0.15 (-0.31%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 155,978 +567. (+0.36%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Drew Industries 36.88 -0.09 (-0.24%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 74.70 +0.89 (+1.21%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 22.08 +0.03 (+0.12%). Nobility Homes 5.30 -0.10 (-1.82%). Patrick Industries 14.22 -0.16 (-1.11%). Skyline Corp. 4.90 +0.02 (0.41%). Sun Communities Inc. 47.00 -0.38 (-0.80%). Third Avenue Value Fund (March 8) 52.95 +0.22 (+0.42%). UMH 10.26 -0.03 (-0.29%).
