While investors focused on better-than-expected corporate returns, retail sales for January came in lower than expected, and some analysts do not think the market can go much higher without a break. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged down -0.26 percent, -35.79 points, to end the day at 13,982.91. The Nasdaq gained +0.33 percent, +10.39 points, to close at 3,196.88, while the S&P edged up 0.06 percent, +0.9, to end at 1,520.33. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +1.15 percent to close at 1436.3. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even. Skyline Corp. gained the most of tracked stocks, moving up +2.35 percent, +0.11, to end the day at 4.80. Cavco Industries fell the most of stocks we follow, dropping -1.13 percent, -0.53, to end the day at 46.21. Affiliated Managers Group 146.47 +0.72 (+0.49%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 147,750 +625. (+0.42%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Drew Industries 38.10 +0.18 (+0.47%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 74.29 +0.01 (+0.01%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 21.61 +0.16 (+0.75%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 5.25 for the second day. Patrick Industries, Inc. 15.32 -0.15 (-0.97%). Sun Communities, Inc. 44.74 +0.53 (+1.20%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Feb. 12) 52.97 +0.11 (+0.21%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 41.58. +0.45 (+1.09%). UMH 10.20 -0.07 (-0.68%).
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