Before pivoting to the first part of the headline and Rick Manning’s remarks on vertical consolidation, this report and analysis will begin with the major stock market slide that took impacted manufactured housing equities too. Left-leaning Yahoo Finance said: “Dow slides 600 points, Nasdaq sinks 3%.”  “Stocks are retreating from … Continue reading ‘Increased Consolidation Equals Higher Prices’-ALG’s President Rick Manning Slams Vertically Integrated Consolidation; UHG Parallels to Manufactured Housing Unpacked; plus MHMarkets