Investors, hoping for some word of stimulus from central banks, shied away from much activity today, reflected in the three indexes which moved less than one quarter of a point in either direction. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -33.3 points, -0.25%, to end at 13,124.67. The Nasdaq moved up 0.11 percent to 3,073.19, while the S&P dropped -0.05 percent to 1,410.44. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -0.26 percent to close at 994.1. Housing stocks we follow closed mixed or even, although Nobility Homes gained well, moving up +12.73%, +0.61, to end the day at 5.40. United Forest Products Inc. fell the most of tracked stocks, dropping -0.46%, -0.17, to close at 36.60. Affiliated Managers Group 118.04 -0.52 (-0.44%). Cavco Industries 45.37 +0.44 (+0.98%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 128,198 -27.00 (-0.02%). Drew Industries 29.00 +0.16 (+0.55%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Equity Lifestyle Properties 68.25 -0.01 (-0.01%). Louisiana Pacific Corp. 13.61 +0.06 (+0.44%). Patrick Industries 12.81 +0.09 (+0.71%). Skyline Corp. 4.94 +0.12 (+2.49%). Sun Communities 46.03 +0.13 (+0.28%). Third Avenue Value Fund (8-24) 47.24 +0.01 (+0.02%). UMH Properties 11.28 +0.04 (+0.36%).
