Minutes from the most recent Federal Reserve meeting reveal only that the Fed wants to move cautiously in tapering its stimulus bond-buying program. Meanwhile, the three major indexes moved little in today’s trading as investors await Friday’s jobs report from the government, anticipating that hiring grew in December. CNNMoney reports the Dow lost -68.20 points, -0.41 percent, to close at 16,462.74. The Nasdaq moved up +0.30 percent, +12.43 points, to finish at 4165.61, while the S&P lost -0.39 points, -0.02 percent, to end the day at 1,837.49. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite rose +2.30 percent to close at 786.6. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed mixed or even, but Skyline Corp., as yesterday, led the pack, advancing +5.88 percent, +0.33 points, to close at 5.94. Sun Communities, Inc. fell the most of tracked stocks, -2.22 percent, -0.97 points, to close at 42.74. Affiliated Managers Group 215.93 -0.11 (-0.05%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 70.01 +0.83 (+1.20%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 173,284 -911.00 (-0.52%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries 50.95 -0.25 (-0.49%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 36.78 -0.36 (-0.97%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.75. Louisiana Pacific Industries 18.03 +0.08 (+0.45%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 9.01. Patrick Industries 29.37 -0.17 (-0.58%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Jan. 7) 56.58 +0.03 (+0.05%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.40 -0.08 (-0.84%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 52.65 +0.63 (+1.21%).

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