On the heels of the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling over five percent in January, the weak pace of last month’s manufacturing activity led the Dow down a sorry path for the first trading day of Feb. as it dropped -325.21 points, -2.08 percent, to end the day at 15,372.80. CNNMoney reports the Nasdaq also plummeted, -2.61 percent, -106.92 points, to finish at 3,996.96, while the S&P dropped -40.70 points, -2.28 percent, to end the day at 1,741.89. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -4.52 percent to close at 696.5. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading mostly closed in negative territory, some closing down three digit percentages, although Skyline Corp. gained +3.08 percent, +0.20, to end the day at 6.70. Cavco Industries dropped the most, -6.00 percent , -4.69 points, to end at 73.43, although Drew, AMG, and Patrick Industries all fell significantly. Affiliated Managers Group 187.69 -11.55 (-5.80%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 165,265 -4,247.00 (-2.51%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.75. Drew Industries 45.53 -2.56 (-5.32%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 39.39 +0.08 (+0.20%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.73. Louisiana Pacific Industries remained unchanged at 17.53. Nobility Homes remained at 9.02. Patrick Industries 34.35 -1.66 (-4.60%). Sun Communities, Inc. 46.50 -0.25 (-0.53%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Jan. 31) 55.22 -0.11 (-0.20%). UMH Properties 9.28 -0.17 (-1.08%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 52.55 +0.20 (+0.04%).

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