Despite a good economic report from bellweather Caterpillar, investors’ concerns about corporate earnings and emerging markets turned the first day of the week to red ink as all three major indexes fell. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -41.23 points, -0.26 percent, to end the week at 15,837.88. The Nasdaq fell -1.08 percent, -44.56 points, to finish at 4,083.61, while the S&P lost -8.73 points, -0.49 percent, to end the day at 1,781.56. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite lost -3.22 percent to close at 721.2. Most all housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed down or even, although Skyline Corp. advanced +3.87 percent, +0.22, to end the day at 5.90. Universal Forest Products, Inc. dropped the most of tracked housing stocks, falling -2.72 percent, -1.41, to close at 50.50. Affiliated Managers Group 196.66 -3.81 (-1.90%). Cavco Industries 73.36 -0.07 (-0.10%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 168,210 -290.00 (-0.17%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.75. Drew Industries 48.67 -0.72 (-1.52%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 36.70 -0.40 (-1.08%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.75. Louisiana Pacific Industries 17.44 -0.07 (-0.40%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 9.20. Patrick Industries 34.22 -0.18 (-0.53%). Sun Communities, Inc. 44.25 -0.22 (-0.49%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Jan. 24) 55.66 -1.24 (-2.18%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.28 -0.10 (-1.07%).
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