Investors stood on the sidelines and watched more than acted in today’s trading, leaving the market to flounder. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged down -20.9 points, -0.13 percent, to close at 15,618.22. The Nasdaq rose +0.08 percent, +3.27 points, to end the week at 3,939.86 while the S&P edged down -4.96 points, -0.28 percent, to close at 1,762.97. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite lost -1.47 percent to close at 844.4. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading mostly closed down or even, although Skyline Corp. did gain more than other tracked stocks, moving up +2.02 percent, +0.09 points, to end at 4.54. Louisiana Pacific Corp. fell the most of stocks we follow, -6.59 percent, -1.11 points, to end the day at 15.73. Affiliated Managers Group 193.20 -5.10 (-2.57%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 58.00 -1.02 (-1.73%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 171,754 -335.00 (-0.19%). Drew Industries, Inc. 52.30 +0.42 (+0.81%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Equity LifeStyle Properties 37.52 -0.73 (-1.90%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.60. Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 9.95. Patrick Industries 30.97 -0.23 (-0.74%). Sun Communities, Inc. 43.90 -1.08 (-2.40%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Nov. 4) 58.17 +0.30 (+0.52%). UMH Properties 10.05 +0.01 (+0.10%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 53.25 -0.54 (-1.00%).
