Investors moved back from the dance floor today with concerns about the weak jobs report on Friday and the Federal Reserve’s impending paring of its stimulus, as all three major indexes closed down. CNNMoney reports the Dow dropped -179.11 points, -1.09 percent, to close at 16,257.94. The Nasdaq fell -1.47 percent, -61.36 points, to finish at 4113.31, while the S&P lost -23.17 points, -1.26 percent, to end the day at 1,819.20. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -1.91 percent to close at 792.9. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed mixed or even, but Deer Valley led the pack in gains, spiking +15.38 percent, +0.10 points, to close at 0.75. Skyline Corp. fell the most of tracked stocks, -3.88 percent, -0.22 points, to close at 5.45. Affiliated Managers Group 208.92 -5.51 (-2.57%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 72.72 +0.20 (+0.28%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 170,893 -1,647.00 (-0.95%). Drew Industries 50.94 -0.87 (-1.68%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 36.72 -0.20 (-0.54%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.75. Louisiana Pacific Industries 18.29 -0.27 (-1.45%). Nobility Homes 9.65 -0.10 (-1.03%). Patrick Industries, Inc. 28.69 -0.54 (-1.85%). Sun Communities, Inc. 42.37 -0.48 (-1.12%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Jan. 10) 57.06 +0.37 (+0.65%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.28 -0.10 (-1.07%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 52.27 -0.44 (-0.85%).
