CNNMoney reports that a rocky session on the Dow ended with a plus column finish 11,559.95 +20.70 (+0.18% ). Fed discussion of QE3, BoA ‘not out of the woods yet,’ low consumer confidence and housing struggles were among the headlines. The Manufactured Housing Composite Value rose to 857.3 up +2.33%. Affiliated Managers Group, 86.91 -0.75 (-0.86%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance along with other manufactured housing building, lending and housing supplier parent Berkshire Hathaway fell back to 108,689.00 -651.00 (-0.60%). Cavco rose 35.69 +0.46 (+1.31%). Champion, Deer Valley, Liberty Homes and Palm Harbor Homes were unchanged. Two recent acquisition announcements failed to boost Drew Industries today, which declined 19.91 -0.56 (-2.74%). Equity Lifestyle Properties 67.36 +0.12 (+0.18%). Nobility Homes 7.50 +0.33 (+4.60%) Patrick Industries slid slightly lower 1.97 $-0.02 (-0.93%). Skyline Corporation 10.84 +0.41 (+3.93%) Sun Communities 38.16 +0..23 (+0.61%). Third Avenue Value Fund (8.29) 45.92 +0.91 (+2.02%). UMH Properties 9.54 +0.07 (+0.74%). Universal Forest Products, Inc.31.01 -0.04 (-0.13%), and declined further in after hours trading.
