Investors today weighed the recent corporate returns for Q2 2013–mostly good–against a weaker-than-expected report showing an index of manufacturing activity fell 11 percent, but the Dow nevertheless managed to eke out a new high. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 22.19 points, +0.14 percent, to close at 15,567.74. The Nasdaq fell -0.59 percent, -21.12 points, to end the day at 3,579.27, while the S&P lost -0.19 percent, -3.14 points, to close at 1,692.39. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +0.74 percent to end at 1028.4. Housing stocks we follow closed mixed, or even, with Nobility Homes posting the biggest gain of tracked stocks, +12.50 percent, +1.00 points, to end the day at 9.00. Equity LifeStyle Properties slid the most of stocks we follow, falling -1.72 percent, -0.71, to end the day at 40.62. Affiliated Managers Group 175.28 -0.86 (-0.49%). Cavco Industries 54.66 +0.56 (+1.04.%). Champion, Liberty Homes and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 177,249 -974.00 (-0.55%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.60. Drew Industries 42.10 -0.14 (-0.33%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 17.64 +0.19 (+1.09%). Patrick Industries 23.78 +0.03 (+0.13%). Skyline Corp. 5.01 +0.17 (+3.51%). Sun Communities 52.63 -0.28 (-0.53%). Third Avenue Value Fund (July 22) 56.33 +0.15 (+0.27%). UMH Properties, Inc. 11.11 +0.04 (+0.36%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 40.31 -0.32 (-0.77%).

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