Investors, nervous about the future of the economy, split the three major indexes plus and minus. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 44.12 points during the day, -0.27 percent to close at 16,414.44. The Nasdaq gained 28.18 points, +0.67 percent, to end at 4,225.76, while the S&P ended the day up +0.28 percent, +5.1 points to 1843.80. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite Value lost -2.73 percent to close at 755.20. Most housing stocks we track gained ground in today’s trading, Skyline Corp. advancing the most, +3.26 percent, +0.18, closing at 5.70. Cavco Industries, Inc. slipped the most of tracked stocks, -1.15%, -0.84, to end at 72.57. Affiliated Managers Group 210.96 -1.01 (-0.48%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance and other MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 172,500.00 +150.00 (+0.09%). Deer Valley was unchanged at 0.75. Drew Industries 51.23 +0.37 (+0.73%). Equity Lifestyle Properties 36.95 +0.30 (+0.82%). Liberty Homes remained at 0.75. Louisiana Pacific 17.32 +0.02 (+0.17%). Nobility Homes 9.75 +0.25 (+2.63%). Patrick Industries 31.11 +0.31 (+1.02%).Sun Communities 44.38 +1.00 (+2.34%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Jan. 21) 57.03 +10.06 (+0.11%). UMH Properties 9.35 +0.06 (+0.65%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 52.30 +0.36 (+0.69%).
(Graphic credit: CNNMoney and RealTick)