While the jobs report tomorrow is expected to show a slight increase, and investors continue to bite their nails over a possible impending military strike against Syria, all three major indexes gained for the third day in a row, albeit modestly. CNNMoney reports the Dow moved up +6.61 points, +0.04 percent, to close at 14,937.48. The Nasdaq moved up +0.27 percent, +9.75 points to end the day at 3,658.79, while the S&P gained +0.12 percent, +2 points, to close at 1,655.08. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -1.36 percent to end today’s session at 1805.5. Housing stocks we track closed mixed, or even. Louisiana Pacific Corp. posted the largest gain of tracked stocks, +11.07 percent, +1.69, to end the day at 16.95. Inc. Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. fell the most of tracked stocks, falling -0.94 percent, -0.20, to end at 34.45. Affiliated Managers Group 177.82 -0.28 (-0.16%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 52.04 +0.24 (+0.46%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 168,241 -18.00 (-0.01%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries, Inc. held steady at 42.00. Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.60. Nobility Homes held steady at 8.65. Patrick Industries 27.55 +0.30 (+1.10%). Skyline Corp. 4.56 +0.04 (+0.88%). Sun Communities, Inc. 42.58 -0.15 (-0.35%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Sept. 4) 55.77 +0.31 (+0.56%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.54 -0.01 (-0.10%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 38.11 +1.10 (+2.97%).

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