Investors fretting about tepid retail sales and weak consumer confidence put the lid on index advances, although the Dow is up two percent on the week. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost -0.08 points, not enough to amount to a percentage, ending the week at 14,865.06, still only one percent shy of 16,000. The Nasdaq nudged down -0.16 percent, -5.21 points, to close at 3,294.95, while the S&P lost -0.28 percent, -4.52 points, to end the day at 1,588.85. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -0.99 percent to close at 1553.5. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even, with Nobility Homes gaining the most, moving up +1.77 percent, +0.10 points, to end today’s session at 5.75. Louisiana Pacific Industries fell the most of stocks we follow, dropping -2.55%, -0.51, to end the day at 19.62. Affiliated Managers Group 153.76 -1.75 (-1.13%). Cavco Industries 44.68 -0.13 (-0.29%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 160,525 +590.00 (+0.37%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Drew Industries 36.21 +0.21 (+0.58%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 80.15 -0.30 (-0.37%). Patrick Industries, Inc. 14.98 -0.05 (-0.33%). Skyline Corp. 4.76 +0.081 (+1.73%). Sun Communities, Inc. 48.96 +0.17 (+0.35%). UMH remained unchanged at 11.20. Third Avenue Value Fund (April 11) 53.40 +0.17 (+0.32%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 37.06 -0.44 (-1.17%).
