Although June has been a topsy turvy month for investors, the three major indexes gained two to five percent for the month, and have risen 12-14 percent for the first half of the year. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -114.89 points, -0.76 percent, to end the month at 14,909.60. The Nasdaq manage to scrape up +0.04 percent, +1.39 points, to end the month at 3,401.86, while the S&P dropped -0.43 percent, -6.92 points, to close at 1,606.28. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite lost -1.26 percent to close at 1115.7. Housing stocks we follow closed mixed or even, with Affiliated Managers Group advancing the most of tracked stocks, +1.83 percent, +2.94 points, to finish the second quarter at 163.94. Skyline Corp. fell the most of stocks we follow, -5.07 percent, -0.21, to close at 3.93. Cavco Industries 50.45 +0.26 (+0.52%). Champion, Liberty Homes and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 168,240 -536.00 (-0.64%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries, Inc. 39.32 +0.04 (+0.10%). Equity Lifestyle Properties 78.59 +0.19 (+0.24%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 14.79 -0.33 (-2.18%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 7.05. Patrick Industries 20.79 +0.01 (+0.05%). Sun Communities, Inc. 49.76 -0.20 (-0.40%). Third Avenue Value Fund (June 27) 53.20 +0.16 (+0.30%). UMH Properties, Inc. 10.18 +0.10 (+0.99%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 40.50 +0.40 (+1.00%).
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