The three major indexes all moved less than one quarter of one percent in today’s trading as investors stepped back from the boost the market received upon the announcement of Janet Yellen as the new head of the Federal Reserve. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged down -30.83 points, -0.19 percent, to end the day at 15,963.94. The Nasdaq advanced +0.24 percent, +10.24 points, to finish at 4,201.29, while the S&P edged down -0.49 points, -0.03 percent, to end the day at 1,819.26. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +0.23 percent to close at 689.9. Many housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed down, although Universal Forest Products, Inc. nudged up the most, +1.22 percent, +0.60, to close at 49.82. Cavco Industries, Inc. edged down the most of tracked stocks, -1.27%, -0.93 points to finish at 72.23 points. Affiliated Managers Group 191.59 +0.74 (+0.42%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 170,140 -375.00 (-0.22%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.75. Drew Industries remained unchanged at 45.98. Equity LifeStyle Properties 39.91 -0.15 (-0.37%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.73. Louisiana Pacific Industries 17.13 -0.06 (-0.35%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 10.00. Patrick Industries, Inc. 36.40 -0.42 (-1.14%). Skyline Corp. 5.87 -0.06 (-1.01%). Sun Communities, Inc. 48.01 -0.33 -0.68%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Feb. 11) 55.53 +0.43 (+0.78%). UMH Properties 9.60 +0.01 (+0.10%).
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