Although U.S. stocks fell today as investors prepare to sift through Q3 corporate earnings reports, the Dow is five percent below its all time high of 14,146.53, set five years ago today. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -0.81 percent, -110.12 points, to close at 13,473.53, while the Nasdaq fell -1.52 percent, -47.33 points to 3,065.02. The S&P dropped down -0.99 percent, -14.4 points to close at 1,441.48. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite dropped -2.02 percent to close at 1116.3. All housing stocks we track closed down, or even. Deer Valley lost the most of tracked stocks, -6.67 percent, -0.05 to close at 0.70. Affiliated Managers Group 122.35 -0.90 (-0.73%). Cavco Industries 46.16 -0.18 (-0.39%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 133,800 -1520.00 (-1.12%). Champion, Liberty Homes, and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Deer Valley 0.70 -0.05 (-6.67%). Drew Industries 31.98 -0.50 (-1.54%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 67.08 -0.17 (-0.25%). Louisiana Pacific Corp. 13.36 -0.12 (-0.89%). Nobility Homes 6.00 -0.20 (-3.23%). Patrick Industries 16.75 -0.46 (-2.56%). Skyline Corp. 5.07 -0.09 (-1.74%). Sun Communities, Inc. 43.09 -0.04 (-0.10%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Oct. 9) 48.59 -0.28 (-0.57%). United Forest Products, Inc. 41.35 -0.74 (-1.76%). UMH 11.92 -0.18 (-1.49%).
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