Investors stepped back from the market today, anticipating how life will be when the Federal Reserve ends its asset purchasing, which may happen later this year. Meanwhile, CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged up +0.06 percent, +8.6 points, to close at 15,303.10. The Nasdaq lost -0.01 percent, -0.28 points, to end the week at 3,459.14, while the S&P slipped -0.06 percent, -0.91 points, to wrap up the week at 1650.51. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +0.66 percent to close at 1057.6. Most housing stocks we track closed down or even, with Nobility Homes gaining the most of tracked stocks, +2.84 percent, +0.20, to close at 7.25. Deer Valley dropped the most of stocks we follow, falling -7.69 percent, -0.05, to end the session at 0.60. Affiliated Managers Group 161.24 -1.34 (-0.85%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 47.94 -1.11 (-2.17). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 166,250 -730.00 (-0.72%). Champion, Liberty Homes and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Drew Industries 37.12 -0.08 (-0.22%). Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. 81.04 +0.31 (+0.38%). Louisiana Pacific Industries, Inc. 18.59 -0.48 (-2.52%). Patrick Industries 20.87 +0.33 (+1.61%). Skyline Corp. 4.44 -0.02 (-0.45%). Sun Communities, Inc. remained unchanged at 52.45. Third Avenue Value Fund (May 23) 55.40 -0.77 (-1.37%). UMH Properties, Inc. 10.86 -0.14 (-1.27%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 39.72 -0.01 (-0.03%).
