The stock market fell for the fifth consecutive day as investors express concerns about the Federal Reserve paring down its bond-buying program despite good economic news. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 68.26 points, -0.43 percent, to close at 15,821.51. The Nasdaq fell -0.12 percent, -4.83 points, to close at 4,033.17, while the S&P dropped -7.78 points, -0.43 percent, to finish at 1,785.03. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +1.16 percent to close at 709.3. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed mixed or even, with Drew Industries nudging up the most of tracked stocks, +0.81 percent, +0.43, to close at 53.83, while Nobility Homes fell the most of stocks we follow, -3.95%, -0.35, to end at 8.50. Affiliated Managers Group 198.07 -0.60 (-0.30%). Cavco Industries 61.99 +0.02 (+0.04%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 173,000 -500.00 (-0.29%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Equity LifeStyle Properties 36.06 -0.08 (-0.22%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.51. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 15.97 +0.08 (+0.50%). Patrick Industries 30.16 +0.02 (+0.05%). Skyline Corp. remained unchanged at 5.01. Sun Communities 40.91 +0.15 (+0.37%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Dec. 4) 57.96 -0.24 (-0.41%). UMH Properties 9.51 +0.05 (+0.53%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 50.13 +0.08 (+0.17%).
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