Ignoring the invasion of Gaza and the Malaysian Jetliner downed over the Ukraine, investors bid stocks back up, recovering some of the ground lost yesterday, as CNNMoney informs MHProNews. The Dow Jones Industrial Average regained +123.27 points, +0.73 percent, to close at 17,100.18. The Nasdaq rebounded +68.70 points, +1.57 percent, to end the day at 4,432.15, while the S&P 500 advanced +1.03 percent, +20.1 points, to finish at 1,978.22. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +2.18 percent to close at 861.1. Stocks we cover closed mixed or even to end the week, although Cavco Industries Inc. gained the most of stocks we follow, +2.85 percent, +2.21 points, to close at 79.76. Patrick Industries, Inc. fell more than other stocks we track, -4.97 percent, -2.21 points, to close at 40.92. Affiliated Managers Group 205.53 +3.29 (+1.63%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 192,487 +2,676.00 (+1.41%). Deer Valley Corp. remained at 0.66. Drew Industries, Inc. 47.59 +0.53 (+1.13%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 44.96 +0.20 (+0.45%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 1.50. Louisiana Pacific Industries 13.99 +0.11 (+0.79%). Nobility Homes 11.25 +0.10 (+0.90%). Skyline Corp. 4.37 +0.0899 (+2.10%). Sun Communities, Inc. 51.59 +0.27 (+0.53%). Third Avenue Value Fund (July 17) 61.42 -0.75 (-1.21%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.98 +0.07 (+0.71%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 45.68 +0.17 (+0.37%). ##

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