Stocks crossed the finish line of March running as the three major indexes all advanced, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising +134.6 point, +0.82 percent, to end the month at 16,457.66. The Nasdaq gained +43.23 points, +1.04 percent, to finish the month at 4,198.99, while the S&P added +14.72 points, +0.79 percent, closing at 1,872.34, according to CNNMoney. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite edged up +0.60 percent to close at 766.28. Nearly all housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed up or even. Affiliated Managers Group gained the most of tracked stocks, +4.75 percent, +9.07 points, to close at 200.05. Cavco Industries, Inc. was the sole stock we follow that nudged down, losing -0.48 percent, -0.38 points, to close at 78.26. Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 187,350, +2,201.00 points (+1.19%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 75.00. Drew Industries, Inc. 54.20 +1.53 (+2.90%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 40.69 +0.34 (+0.86%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.80. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 16.87 +0.31 (+1.87%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 11.70. Patrick Industries 44.34 +1.25 (+2.92%). Skyline Corp. 6.05 +0.09 (+1.51%). Sun Communities, Inc. 45.09 +0.67 (+1.51%). Third Avenue Value Fund (March 28) 57.19 +0.34 (+0.60%). UMH Properties 9.78 +0.09 (+0.93%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 55.34 +1.57 (+2.92%). ##
