Investors turned back from the markets today after the Federal Reserve shied away from offering another stimulus package, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped below the 13,000 mark to close at to 12,976.13, losing -32.55 points, -0.25%. CNNMoney tells us the Nasdaq also fell, dropping -0.66% to 2,920.21, while the S&P lost -0.29% to 1,375.32. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -3.21% to close at 986.7. Most housing stocks we track closed down or even. Third Avenue Value Fund (7-31) edged up the most of stocks we track, gaining +0.73%, +0.33, to close at 4.39. Skyline Corp. dropped the most of tracked stocks, falling -10.59%, –0.52, to end the day at 45.10. Affiliated Managers Group 111.26 -0.33 (-0.30%). Cavco Industries 46.80 -1.06 (-2.26%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 127,400 -45.00 (-0.04%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Drew Industries 25.86 -1.00 (-3.72%). Equity Lifestyle Properties 71.61 -0.31 (-0.43%). Louisiana Pacific Corp. 10.36 +0.04 (+0.38%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 5.68. Patrick Industries, Inc. 11.05 -0.59 (-5.07%). Sun Communities 46.40 -0.19 (-0.41%). United Forest Products, Inc. remained unchanged at 31.82. UMH Properties 11.03 -0.15 (-1.34%).
