MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL After a strong Monday surge US equities struggled to maintain their upwards momentum in spite of strong housing data as investors grew jittery in the wake of Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE:HPQ) disclosure of accounting improprieties. Stocks fell into the red in the morning before turning green by midday.   According to the Commerce Department construction of new homes improved to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 894 000 homes in October beating economists' expectations of 836 000. “We had a big rally yesterday; that may have been the result of an oversold condition. I’m a little concerned about yesterday ...