Although the Dow and Nasdaq fell today, and the S&P rose slightly, the Dow and S&P are up almost 19 percent on the year, and the Nasdaq has gained nearly 20 percent. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down 4.8 points, -0.03 percent, to close at 15,543.74. The Nasdaq moved down -0.66 percent, -23.67 points, to end the day at 3,587.61, while the S&P gained +0.16 percent, +2.72 points, to close at 1,692.09. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +1.33 percent to end at 1142.8. Most housing stocks we follow closed up, or even, with Skyline Corp. posting the biggest gain of tracked stocks, +3.52 percent, +0.16 points, to finish the day at 4.71. Equity LifeStyle Properties slid the most of stocks we follow, falling -1.19 percent, -0.49, to end the week at 40.84. Affiliated Managers Group 175.22 -1.26 (-0.71%). Cavco Industries 55.15 -0.26 (-0.11%). 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 178,275 +597.00 (+0.34%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.60. Drew Industries 42.13 +0.51 (+1.23%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 17.81 +0.32 (+1.83%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 8.00. Patrick Industries 23.77 +0.14 (+0.59%). Sun Communities 52.61 +0.63 (+1.21%). Third Avenue Value Fund (July 18) 56.06 +0.23 (+0.41%). UMH Properties, Inc. 11.05 +0.05 (+0.45%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 40.71 +0.58 (+1.45%).
