Investors jumped back into stocks after slinking away in yesterday’s trading following Federal Reserve’s chief Janet Yellen suggesting that interest rate hikes would begin in mid-2015. Credit Suisse expects her stance to mollify in her next public appearance. The Dow Jones Industrial Average regained 108.88 points, +0.67 percent, to end the day at 16,331.05, according to CNNMoney. The Nasdaq moved back up 11.69 points, +0.27 percent, to finish at 4,319.29, while the S&P advanced +11.24 points, +0.60 percent, closing at 1,872.01. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -0.78 percent to close at 799.92. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed mixed or even, with Affiliated Managers Group moving up the most of stocks we follow, +2.24 percent, +4.20, to end at 192.04. Patrick Industries, Inc. slipped the most of tracked stocks, -3.99 percent, -1.73 points, to end the day at 41.58. Cavco Industries, Inc. 81.22 -0.86 (-1.05%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 186,620 +2,760.00 (+1.50%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 75.00. Drew Industries, Inc. 53.81 +0.02 (+0.04). Equity LifeStyle Properties 40.73 +0.29 (+0.72%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.80. Louisiana Pacific Corporation 16.82 -0.17 (-1.00%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 11.75. Skyline Corp. 6.20 +0.01 (+0.16%). Sun Communities, Inc. 44.22 +0.13 (+0.29%). Third Avenue Value Fund (March 19) 56.31 +0.01 (+0.02%). UMH Properties 9.50 +0.03. (+0.32%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 54.30 +0.42 (+0.78%). ##
