U. S. investors did not seem fazed by violence in Israel/Gaza and the Ukraine, as the Nasdaq rose +17.86 points, +0.40 percent, to end hump day at 4,473.70, while the S&P 500 hit a new intraday high but settled at 1,987.01, +3.48 points, +0.18 percent. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped -26.91 points, -0.16 percent, to close at 17,086.63, according to what CNNMoney tells MHProNews. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite dropped -0.76 percent to close at 851.7. Stocks we cover closed mixed or even although Skyline Corp. gained the most of stocks we follow, +2.56 percent, +0.1099 points, to close at 4.41. Nobility Homes slipped more than other stocks we track, -4.44 percent, -0.50 points, to close at 10.75. Affiliated Managers Group 206.67 -0.54 (-0.26%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 78.30 -0.96 (-1.21%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 192,205 -435.00 (-0.23%). Deer Valley Corp. 0.67 +0.01 (+1.52%). Drew Industries, Inc. 47.09 -0.50 (-1.05%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 44.72 +0.39 (+0.88%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 1.50. Louisiana Pacific Industries 14.52 +0.25 (+1.75%). Patrick Industries, Inc. 46.05 +0.81 (+1.79%). Sun Communities, Inc. 51.73 +0.26 (+0.51%). Third Avenue Value Fund (July 22) 61.88 +0.51 (+0.83%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.98 +0.04 (+0.40%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 46.07 +0.63. (+1.39%). ##

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