Renewed fears that Russia may invade Ukraine, as Russian troops mass on the Ukrainian border, sent the three major indexes down in today’s trading, dropping the Dow Jones Industrial Average -139.81 points, -0.84 percent, to end the day at 16,429.47, while the Nasdaq dropped -31.05 points, -0.71 percent, to close at 4,352.84. The S&P 500 lost -18.78 points, -0.97 percent, to end at 1,920.21, as CNNMoney tells MHProNews. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +3.07 percent to finish at 821.2. Stocks we cover closed mixed or even, although Universal Forest Products, Inc. squeaked out a gain of +0.53 percent,+0.24 points, to close at 45.56. Meanwhile, Louisiana Pacific Corp. plummeted -6.22 percent, -0.86 points, to close at 12.96. Affiliated Managers Group 193.53 -3.35 (-1.70%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 71.86 -1.51 (-2.06%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 192,499 -1,086.00 (-0.93%). Deer Valley Corp. remained at 0.66. Drew Industries 42.82 +0.08 (+0.19%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 43.98 -0.04 (-0.09%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 1.50. Nobility Homes, Inc. remained unchanged at 11.50. Patrick Industries, Inc. 40.63 -0.43 (-1.05%). Skyline Corp. 4.69 -0.02 (-0.42%). Sun Communities, Inc. 52.97 -0.13 (-0.24%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Aug. 4) 61.45 +0.18 (+0.29%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.96 +0.04 (+0.40%). ##
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