Although all three indexes are up seven to ten percent for the year, the U. S. stock market took a breather today after choppy trading on the big board. Some analysts speculate a pullback may be in the works, and that it would be a healthy thing for the market. Meanwhile, CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged up +0.02 percent, +2.77 points, to close at 14,450.06. The Nasdaq lost -0.32 percent, -10.55 points, to close at 3,242.32 while the S&P fell -0.24 percent, -3.74 points, to end the day at 1,552.48. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved down -0.54 percent to close at 1474.6. Housing stocks we track closed down or even except for one. Nobility Homes was the only one that gained, advancing +1.89 percent, +0.10, to end the day at 5.40. Cavco Industries dropped the most of stocks we track, -3.77 percent, -1.67, to close at 46.72. Affiliated Managers Group 150.04 -0.75 (-0.50%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 154,346 -1,632. (-1.05%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Drew Industries 36.36 -0.52 (-1.41%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 74.21 -0.49 (-0.66%). Louisiana Pacific Corp. 21.66 -0.52 (-2.34%). Nobility Homes 5.40 +0.10 (+1.89%). Patrick Industries 14.18 -0.04 (-0.28%). Skyline Corp. 4.83 -0.07 (-1.43%). Sun Communities Inc. 45.68 -1.32 (-2.81%). Third Avenue Value Fund (March 11) 39.97 -0.70 (-1.80%). UMH 10.14 -0.12 (-1.17%).
