Investors backed away from the market for the second consecutive day, still awaiting word from the Federal Reserve and European central banks about the possibility of a stimulus to kick start the conjoined economies, as all three indexes nudged down. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost -64.33 points, -0.49%, to end the month at 13,008.68. The Nasdaq fell -6.32 points to close at 2,939.52, while the S&P lost -5.98 points to 1,379.32. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite dropped -1.47% to close at 1019.4. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even. Affiliated Managers Group advanced the most of stocks we track, gaining +2.51%, +2.73, to close at 111.59. Skyline Corp. dropped the most of tracked stocks, falling -10.56%, -0.58, to end the day at 4.91. Cavco Industries 47.86 -0.82 (-1.68%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 127,445 -505.00 (-0.39%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Drew Industries 26.86 -0.14 (-0.52%). Equity Lifestyle Properties 71.92 -0.32 (-0.44%). Louisiana Pacific Corp. 10.32 -0.69 (-6.27%). Nobility Homes 5.68 -0.09 (-1.56%). Patrick Industries, Inc. 11.64 -0.39 (-3.24%). Sun Communities 46.58 +0.30 (+0.65%). Third Avenue Value Fund (7-30) 45.27 +0.06 (+0.13%). United Forest Products, Inc. 31.93. -0.24 (-0.75%). UMH Properties 11.18 +0.02 (+0.18%).
