Stocks slid today as investors ignored overall good economic data and stayed off the dance floor as all three major indexes lost a little ground. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -0.28 percent, -42.47 points, to close at 15,233.22. The Nasdaq lost -0.18 percent, -6.38 points, to finish at 3,4465.24, while the S&P slipped -0.50 percent, -8.31 points, to end the day at 1650.47. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +0.78 percent to close at 1064.8. Most stocks we track closed down or even, with Cavco Industries, Inc. gaining the most of tracked stocks, +1.51 percent, +0.75, to close at 50.29. Skyline Corp. dropped the most of stocks we follow, falling -0.17, -3.72%, to end the session at 4.40, although LPX and UFPI both fell over three percent. Affiliated Managers Group 164.13 -1.25 (-0.76%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 167,303 -1,637.00 (-0.97%). Champion, Liberty Homes and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Deer Valley remained at 0.80. Drew Industries 36.33 -0.35 (-0.95%). Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. 83.42 -0.23 (-0.27%). Louisiana Pacific Industries, Inc. 19.40 -0.69 (-3.43%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 6.75. Patrick Industries 21.48 -0.24 (-1.10%). Sun Communities, Inc. 55.15 +0.37 +0.68%). Third Avenue Value Fund (May 15) 56.23 +0.38 (+0.68%). UMH Properties, Inc. 11.16 +0.13. (+1.18%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 38.17 -1.21 (-3.07%).
