Investors are looking beyond the possible government shutdown to corporate returns, as stocks moved slightly higher in today’s trading. CNNMoney reports the Dow gained 55.04 points, +0.36 percent, to close at 15,328.30. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq moved up +0.70 percent, +26.33 points to end today’s trading at 3,787.43, while the S&P rose +0.35 percent, +5.9 points, to close at 1,698.67. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite advanced +3.38 percent to end today’s session at 2074.2. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even, but Drew Industries gained the most of tracked stocks, +0.80, (+1.82%), to end the day at 44.76. Patrick Industries, Inc. edged down the most of tracked stocks, -0.83 percent, -0.25, to finish at 30.00. Affiliated Managers Group 184.82 +1.40 (+0.76%). Cavco Industries 58.30 +0.43 (+0.74%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 173,600 +232.00 (+0.13%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Equity LifeStyle Properties 34.85 -0.03 (-0.09%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.60. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 17.46 +0.07 (+0.40%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 9.00. Skyline Corp. 4.98 -0.02 (-0.40%). Sun Communities, Inc. 44.10 +0.15 (+0.34%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Sept. 25) 57.54 -0.04 (-0.14%). UMH Properties, Inc. 10.07 +0.04 (+0.40%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 42.18 +0.14 (+0.35%).
