While investors try to determine when the Federal Reserve will begin tapering its monetary support, the Dow rose steadily during the trading day as the S&P hit a new high. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +70.96 points, +0.45 percent, to finish the day at 15,821.63. The Nasdaq moved up +1.16 percent, +45.66 to end the day at 3,965.58, while the S&P gained 14.31 points, +0.81 percent, to close at 1,782.00. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite advanced +1.32 percent to close at 804.6. Most housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed up or even. Cavco Industries gained +2.46 percent, moving up +1.37 points, to end at 56.37, while Skyline Corp. nudged down the most of stocks we follow, -0.65 percent, -0.03 points, to end the day at 4.62. Affiliated Managers Group 202.93 +2.17 (+1.08%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 171,150 +939.00 (+0.55%). Drew Industries, Inc. 52.42 +0.83 (+1.61%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Equity LifeStyle Properties 36.43 +0.31 (+0.86%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 1.01. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 15.99 +0.37 (+2.37%). Nobility Homes remained at 9.25. Patrick Industries 29.85 +0.27 (+0.91%). Sun Communities, Inc. 41.79 +0.08 (+0.19%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Nov. 12) 57.75 +0.01 (+0.02%). UMH Properties 9.69 -0.04 (-0.41%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 52.25 -0.36 (-0.44%).

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