Investors continue to ignore global tensions in Iraq, Ukraine and the Middle East, and the Ebola outbreak in western Africa as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +91.26 points, +0.55 percent, to close at 16,651.80. The Nasdaq moved up +1.02 percent, +44.88 points, to end at 4,434.15, while the S&P 500 nudged up +12.97 points, +0.67 percent, to close at 1,946.72, as CNNMoney informs MHProNews. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite advanced +1.00 percent to finish at 832.1. Stocks we cover closed mixed or even. Deer Valley Corp. regained lost ground from yesterday’s plummet, +11.67 percent, +0.07 points, to end the day at 0.67. Meanwhile, Nobility Homes fell the most of tracked stocks, falling -2.61 percent, -0.30, to close the day at 11.20. Affiliated Managers Group 197.87 +0.94 (+0.48%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 72.93 -0.18 (-0.25%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 199,609 +47.00 (+0.02%). Drew Industries 41.26 +0.13 (+0.32%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 44.72 +0.58 (+1.31%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 1.50. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 13.59 +0.17 (+1.27%). Patrick Industries, Inc. 41.50 +1.45 (+3.62%). Skyline Corp. 4.00 +0.03 (+0.76%). Sun Communities, Inc. 54.41 +0.39 (+0.72%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Aug. 12) 61.29 -0.05 (-0.08%). UMH Properties, Inc. 10.10 -0.01 (-0.10%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 46.78 +0.20 (+0.43%). ##

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