None of the three major indexes moved more than one-half percentage point up or down as investors speculated what the Federal Reaerve might do in light of December’s poor jobs report. CNNMoney reports the Dow slid -7.71 points, -0.05 percent, to close at 16,437.05. The Nasdaq advanced +0.44 percent, +18.48 points, to finish at 4174.67, while the S&P moved up 4.24 points, +0.23 percent, to end the week at 1,842.37. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite advanced +2.86 percent to close at 808.3. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed mixed or even, but Cavco Industries, Inc. led the pack in gains, advancing +3.71 percent, +2.61 points, to close at 72.95. Patrick Industries slid the most of tracked stocks, -1.26 percent, -0.37 points, to close at 29.14. Affiliated Managers Group 214.43 -0.85 (-0.39%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 172,540 -425.00 (-0.25%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries 51.62 -0.30 (-0.58%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 36.92 +0.31 (+0.85%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.75. Louisiana Pacific Industries 18.56 +0.51 (+2.83%). Nobility Homes 9.75 +0.25 (+2.63%). Skyline Corp. 5.67 -0.02 (-0.35%). Sun Communities, Inc. 42.85 +0.51 (+1.20%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Jan. 9) 56.69 -0.03 (-0.05%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.38 +0.03 (+0.32%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 52.71 +0.21 (+0.40%).
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