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S&P 500 2,212.23 7.52 (0.34%).
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The MH Industry – Today’s Risers and Sliders
The top two gainers for the day were Skyline Corp. (SKY) and Affiliated Managers Group (AMB). The top two sliders for the day were The Carlyle Group (CG) and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NSF). Killam held steady today, as the stock is only being bought/sold periodically. (Notice: ALWAYS look at the date on the Bloomberg chart below, as some stocks aren’t traded daily, etc.).
Manufactured Housing Composite Value (MHCV) Ticker
Note: the chart below covers a number of stocks NOT reflected in the Yahoo MHCV, shown above.
Berkshire Hathaway is the parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers. Drew, Patrick, UFPI and LP all supply manufactured housing, while AMG, CG and TAVFX have investments in manufactured housing related businesses. ##
(Image credits are as shown above.)
Submitted by L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach to the manufactured housing industry’s Daily Business News market report, for MHProNews.