Despite the looming tapering of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve, all three major indexes advanced in today’s trading. CNNMoney reports the Dow gained 34.95 points, +0.23 percent, to close at 15,529.73. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq gained +0.75 percent, +27.85 points to end the day at 3,745.70, while the S&P gained +0.42 percent, +7.16 points, to finish at 1,704.76. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +2.29 percent to end today’s session at 1933.5. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even. Drew Industries, Inc. advanced the most of tracked stocks, +2.52 percent, +1.03, to end the day at 41.93, while Skyline Corp. fell the most of stocks we follow, -1.87 percent, -0.09, to finish at 4.71. Affiliated Managers Group 186.44 +1.06 (+0.57%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 57.06 -0.40 (-0.70%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 173,299 +799.00 (+0.46%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Equity LifeStyle Properties 35.35 +0.05 (+0.14%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.60. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 17.71 -0.32 (-1.77%). Nobility Homes remained at 8.35. Patrick Industries 29.40 +0.10 (+0.34%). Sun Communities, Inc. 45.12 +0.11 (+0.24%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Sept 13) 57.22 +0.31 (+0.54%). UMH Properties, Inc. held steady at 9.55. Universal Forest Products, Inc. 39.92 +0.21 (+0.54%).
