Stocks responded little to the Federal Reserve’s decision to leave the bond-buying program intact, but all three indexes gained between four and seven percent on the month as July drew to a close. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -21.05 points, -0.14 percent, to close at 15,499.54. The Nasdaq nudged up +0.27 percent, +9.90 points, to end the day at 3,626.37, while the S&P edged down -0.01 percent, -0.23 points, to close at 1,685.73. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -1.51 percent to close at 999.2. Most housing stocks we follow gained to end the month, or closed even, although Deer Valley posted the biggest gain of tracked stocks, +6.17 percent, +0.04 points, to end the month at 0.64. Sun Communities, Inc. dropped the most of stocks we follow, falling -3.37 percent, -1.70, to end the month at 48.52. Affiliated Managers Group 180.35 +1.29 (+0.72%). Cavco Industries 54.79 +1.63 (+3.07%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 173,900 +334.00 (+0.19%). Drew Industries 40.83 -0.31 (-0.75%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 38.49 -0.47 (-1.21%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.60. Louisiana Pacific Industries 16.26 +0.36 (+2.26%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 9.00. Palm Harbor Homes remained unchanged. Patrick Industries 24.92 +0.77 (+3.23%). Skyline Corp. 4.89 +0.19 (+0.84%). Third Avenue Value Fund (July 30) 55.97 +0.18 (+0.32%). UMH Properties, Inc. 10.93 -0.02 (-0.18%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 41.25 +0.42 (+1.03%).
(Graphic credit: CNNMoney and RealTick)