The three major indexes moved up very little in today’s trading as investors anticipate a deluge of corporate returns for the second quarter 2013, although the gains by the S&P were sufficient to set a new record. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 1.81 points, +0.01 percent, to close at 15,545.55. The Nasdaq moved up +0.36 percent, +12.78 points, to end the day at 3,600.39, while the S&P gained +0.20 percent, +3.44 points, to close at 1,695.53. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +0.75 percent to end at 1020.9. Housing stocks we follow closed mixed, or even, with Skyline Corp. posting the biggest gain of tracked stocks, +2.76 percent, +0.13 points, to finish the day at 4.84. Louisiana Pacific Industries slid the most of stocks we follow, falling -1.87 percent, -0.33, to end the day at 17.47. Affiliated Managers Group 176.14 +0.92 (+0.53%). Cavco Industries 54.42 -0.98 (-1.76.%). 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 178,223 -52.00 (-0.03%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.60. Drew Industries 42.24 +0.11 (+0.26%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 41.33 +0.49 (+1.20%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 8.00. Patrick Industries 23.75 -0.02 (-0.08%). Sun Communities 52.91 +0.31 (+0.57%). Third Avenue Value Fund (July 19) 56.18 +0.12 (+0.21%). UMH Properties, Inc. 11.07 +0.02 (+0.18%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 40.14 -0.57 (-1.40%).
