Investors stayed close to the wall today, concerned about mixed corporate earnings, the fiscal cliff, and European debt issues, as all three indexes edged down. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 25.19 points, -0.19 percent, to finish the day at 13,077.34. CNNMoney says the Nasdaq lost -0.29 percent, -8.76 points to close at 2,981.70, while the S&P fell -0.31 percent, -4.36 points to close at 1,408.75. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite advanced 2.68 percent to close at 1176.7. Most housing stocks we track gained or closed even. Nobility Homes gained the most of tracked stocks, +8.45 percent, +0.40 to close at 5.15. Third Avenue Value Fund fell the most of stocks we follow (Oct.23), -1.06%, -0.52, to end the day at 48.64. Affiliated Managers Group 124.32 +0.15 (+0.12%). Cavco Industries 47.62 +1.30 (+2.81%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 130,445 -125.00 (-0.10%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Drew Industries 31.13 -0.18 (-0.57%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 67.40 +0.02 (+0.03%). Louisiana Pacific Corp. 15.72 +0.42 (+2.75%). Patrick Industries 19.27 +1.17 (+6.45%). Skyline Corp 4.45 +0.01 (+0.23%). Sun Communities, Inc. 43.69 +0.12 (+0.35%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 37.37 -0.14 (-0.06%). UMH remained at 11.17.
