Lower than expected financials on some corporate returns and renewed fears concerning the economies of emerging markets soured investors in today’s trading as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -149.76 points, -0.94%, to end the month at 15,698.85. CNNMoney reports the Nasdaq moved down -0.47 percent, -19.25 points, to finish at 4,103.88, while the S&P lost -11.66 points, -0.65 percent, to end the day at 1,782.59. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +1.03 percent to close at 729.4. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed mixed or even, with Cavco Industries advancing the most, +4.91 percent, +3.65 points, to end the day at 78.12. Louisiana Pacific Industries lost the most to end the month at 17.53, falling -3.10 percent, -0.56. Affiliated Managers Group 199.24 -0.02 (-0.01%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 169,050 -1,400.00 (-0.82%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.75. Drew Industries 48.09 -0.73 (-1.50%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 39.31 +0.49 (+1.26%). Liberty Homes 0.73 +0.02 (+2.67%). Nobility Homes 9.25 +0.23 (+2.55%). Patrick Industries 36.00 +0.23 (+0.64%). Skyline Corp. 6.50 +0.21 (+3.34%). Sun Communities, Inc. 46.75 +0.80 (+1.74%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Jan. 30) 55.33 +0.05 (+0.09%). UMH Properties 9.45 -0.13 (-1.36%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 52.55 +0.32 (+0.61%).
