Investors stepped back from the dance floor in today’s trading after spinning one way and then the other as tensions rose in the Ukraine and then fell, leading to the three major indexes moving little. CNNMoney reports the Dow nudged down -35.7 points, -0.22 percent, to end the day at 16,360.18. The Nasdaq nudged up +6.00 points, +0.14 percent, to finish at 4,357.97, while the S&P moved barely perceptibly down -0.1 points, -0.01 percent, to 1,873.81. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +0.83 percent to close at 814.52. Most housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed modestly mixed or even, although Third Avenue Value Fund (March 4) moved up one percent, +0.56 points, to end the day at 56.73, while Sun Communities, Inc. fell the most of stocks we follow, -4.90 percent, -2.30 points, to settle at 44.50. Affiliated Managers Group 194.62 +1.00 (+0.52%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 81.31 +0.07 (+0.09%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 178,655 +666.00 (+0.37%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.75. Drew Industries 50.76 +0.20 (+0.40%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 40.91 +0.16 (+0.39%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.80. Louisiana Pacific Industries 18.31 -0.33 (-1.77%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 11.00. Patrick Industries 41.33 -0.40 (-0.96%). Skyline Corp. 5.58 +0.01 (+0.18%). UMH Properties 9.45 -0.03 (-0.32%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 57.18 +0.03 (+0.05%). ##

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