Investors stepped back from the market following yesterday’s run-up after the Federal Reserve announced it would begin tapering its stimulus in the coming months. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained a mere +11.11 points, +0.07 percent, to close at 16,179.08. The Nasdaq dropped -0.29 percent, -11.92 points, to finish at 4058.14, while the S&P nudged down -1.05 points, -0.06 percent, to end the day at 1,809.60. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -0.55 percent to close at 756.6. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed mixed or even, but Patrick Industries moved up the most of tracked stocks, gaining +3.36 percent, +0.93 points, to close at 28.60. Nobility Homes fell the most of stocks we follow, -2.94%, -0.25 points, to end the day at 8.25. Affiliated Managers Group 208.17 -1.24 (-0.59%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 67.55 -0.36 (-0.53%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 174,649 +399.00 (+0.23%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries 50.04 -0.44 (-0.87%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 35.39 -0.80 (-2.21%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.68. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 17.85 -0.20 (-1.11%). Skyline Corp. 4.90 +0.07 (+1.45%). Sun Communities 42.23 -0.11 (-0.26%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Dec. 18) 56.27 -1.18 (-2.05%). UMH Properties 9.04 -0.13 (-1.42%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 49.93 -0.23 (-0.46%).
