Investors stayed on the sidelines today as political gridlock gripped lawmakers in their attempts to resolve the fiscal cliff crisis. Economic data indicating spending fell 0.2% and personal income remained unchanged in October did not help matters any as the three major indexes barely moved. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed a gain of +0.03 percent, +3.76 points, ending the month at 13,025.58. The Nasdaq moved down -0.06 percent, -1.79 points, to close at 3,010.24, while the S&P nudged up +0.02 percent, +0.23 points, to close at 1,416.18. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved up +0.88 percent to close at 1215.8. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even. Skyline Corp. gained the most of tracked stocks, +4.86%, +0.19, to close at 4.10. Affiliated Managers fell the most of tracked stocks, losing -0.46%, -0.60, to close at 128.87. Cavco Industries 51.25 +0.55 (+1.08%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 131,916 +41 (+0.03%). Champion, Liberty Homes, and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.70. Drew Industries 32.46 -0.12 (-0.37%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 65.64 +0.30 (+0.46%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 17.42 +0.04 (+0.23%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 5.50. Patrick Industries 17.39 +0.33 (+1.93%). Sun Communities 38.60 +0.21 (+0.55%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Nov. 29) 48.86 +0.30 (+0.62%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 37.66 +0.55 (+1.48%). UMH 10.13 -0.03 (-0.30%).
