The Dow Jones Industrial Average went on a bumpy ride downhill after rising above 16,450 in late morning, falling steadily throughout the afternoon to end the week at 16,302.70, losing -28.35 points, nudging down -0.17 percent, according to CNNMoney. The Nasdaq dropped -42.50 points, -0.98 percent, to finish at 4,276.79, while the S&P lost -5.61 points, -0.30 percent, closing at 1,866.40. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -1.22 percent to close at 790.14. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed mixed or even, with Skyline Corp. moving up the most of stocks we follow, +3.23 percent, +0.20, to end at 6.40. Patrick Industries, Inc. slipped the most of tracked stocks, -3.99 percent, -1.73 points, to end the day at 41.58. Affiliated managers Group 189.76 -2.28 (-1.19%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 80.30 -0.92 (-1.13%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 187,850 +1,310.00 (+0.70%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 75.00. Drew Industries, Inc. 54.10 +0.29 (+0.54). Equity LifeStyle Properties 40.91 +0.18 (+0.44%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.80. Louisiana Pacific Corporation 16.58 -0.24 (-1.43%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 11.75. Patrick Industries, Inc. 40.57 -1.01 (-2.43%). Sun Communities, Inc. 44.45 +0.23 (+0.52%). Third Avenue Value Fund (March 20) 56.13 -0.18 (-0.32%). UMH Properties 9.63 +0.13. (+1.37%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 54.33 +0.03 (+0.06%). ##
