Stocks turned red for the third straight day as the Dow and S&P each lost two percent on the week, typical of a dog day in August. CNNMoney reports the Dow lost -30.72 points, -0.20 percent, to close at 15,081.47. The Nasdaq nudged down -0.09 percent, -3.34 points to end the day at 3,602.78, while the S&P lost -0.33 percent, -5.49 points, to close at 1,655.83. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -1.32 percent to end today’s session at 919.9. Housing stocks we follow closed mixed or even, although Patrick Industries lead the housing stocks we track, posting a +2.08 percent increase, +0.51, to end the week at 24.67. Sun Communities, Inc. dropped the most of stocks we follow, falling -3.14 percent, -1.40, to end the day at 43.15. Affiliated Managers Group 175.75 -0.30 (-0.17%). Cavco Industries 52.92 +0.22 (+0.42%) Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 173,122 +322.00 (+0.19%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.59. Drew Industries, Inc. 43.01 +0.14 (+0.33%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 34.89 -1.16 (-3.22%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.60. Louisiana Pacific Industries 15.76 -0.21 (-1.31%). Nobility Homes continued at 8.50. Palm Harbor Homes remained unchanged. Patrick Industries 24.67 +0.51 (+2.08). Skyline Corp. 4.16 -0.16 (-3.33%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Aug. 15) 56.13 -0.54 (-0.95%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.63 -0.20 (-2.03%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 38.65 -0.03 (-0.08%).
