North Korea’s saber rattling and talk that the Federal Reserve may end its stimulus program this summer pushed investors away from the dance floor, as all three major indexes slipped. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost -0.76 percent, -111.66 points, to close at 14,550.35. The Nasdaq dropped -1.11 percent, -36.26 points, to close at 3,218.60, while the S&P fell -1.05 percent, -16.56 points, to end the day at 1,553.69. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -5.30 percent to close at 1521.8. Housing stocks we track mostly closed down or even, with UMH gaining the most of tracked stocks, moving up +1.32 percent, +0.14 points, to end today’s session at 10.71. Louisiana Pacific Industries fell the most of stocks we follow, slipping -4.08%, -0.84, to end the day at 19.76. Affiliated Managers Group 149.59 -2.79 (-1.83%). Cavco Industries 45.27 -0.90 (-1.96%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 156,400 -1,150.00 (-0.73%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Drew Industries 34.84 -1.05 (-2.93%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 78.00 -0.09 (-0.12%). Nobility Homes 5.50 +0.05 (+0.92%). Patrick Industries, Inc. 14.55 -0.28 (-1.89%). Skyline Corp. 5.81 -0.22 (-3.65%). Sun Communities, Inc. 47.24 -1.39 (-2.86%). Third Avenue Value Fund (April 2) 52.18 +0.04 (+0.08%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 37.63 -0.75 (-3.20%).
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