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in foc us trending Upward climb continues Energy, engineering and top industry sectors in Green Bay strong A s the economy continues to climb out of the recent recession, 67 percent of key market sectors are expanding, 24 percent remain stable and 9 percent are contracting, according to clearTREND Research, developed by The Appleton Group LLC. Beginning this month, in an exclusive print partnership with Insight, clearTREND offers monthly market analysis and research on Northeast Wisconsin's key economic sectors, identifying turning points for individual stocks, economic sectors, mutual funds and market indices. This month, to coincide with our editorial calendar, we highlight the Energy sector and the Engineering & Architecture sector as well as eight sectors representing the top employers in the Green Bay area. Other charts show the confidence index in state and national stocks as well as trending U.S. sectors. "The data shows an important theme: U.S. markets continue to be strong while foreign markets are not," says Mark Scheffler of the Appleton Group. "And both our list of Green Bay employment sectors and select Wisconsin corporations reflect this current strength." Sector Focus clearTREND U.S. Economic Health Index: This index measures more than 130 unique U.S. market sectors to determine how many are expanding, stable, or contracting. More than 50% of expanding sectors are healthy, while less than 50% are not. Energy: Industry Leaders (Publicly Traded) Description Ticker Trend Began Confidence CHK 6/14/13 83.15% ConocoPhillips Co COP 8/16/12 82.61% Exxon Mobil Corp XOM 5/20/13 84.15% Halliburton Co HAL 8/27/12 79.01% PBR 4/25/13 84.51% Schlumberger SLB 7/17/13 80.80% VLO 6/20/13 81.08% Chesapeake Energy Corp Petrobras Valero Energy Corp Williams Companies Inc WMB 1/31/13 85.71% Energy Sectors Trend Began Confidence Conventional Electricity Sector 1/25/13 90.70% Global Wind Energy 8/10/12 78.38% US Exploration & Production Sector 1/7/13 94.12% US Gas Distribution Sector 7/16/13 86.89% US Integrated Oil & Gas Sector 5/9/13 89.23% US Oil & Gas Producers Sector 1/14/13 85.71% US Oil Equipment & Services Sector 12/26/12 81.48% US Solar Energy 4/18/13 79.07% Engineering & Architecture: Industry Leaders (Publicly Traded) 7/3/13 86.21% Fluor Corp (new) FLR 6/14/13 83.46% Global-Tech Advanced Innovations Inc GAI 6/20/13 77.23% Stantec Inc STN 6/14/13 85.45% Tetra Tech Inc TTEK 6/17/13 78.49% URS Corp URS 12/3/12 85.54% 67% Confidence ACM Expanding: 67% Trend Began Aecom Technology Corp Stable: 24% Ticker Contracting: 9% Willdan Group Inc WLDN 11/6/12 75.50% WorleyParsons Ltd WYGPF 7/16/13 80.70% Green Bay - Top Employment Sectors Description Trend Began Confidence Index 12/28/12 Fair Good 100.00% Financial Services Sector 8/7/12 87.10% Food Producers Sector 8/17/12 94.34% Gambling & Gaming Sector 12/10/12 88.68% Transportation Services Sector 10/2/12 85.33% Utilities Sector 2/26/13 93.33% Health Care Sector 7/18/13 90.91% Paper Sector 7/18/13 82.93% Excellent Broadline Retailers Sector Data as of July 18, 2013 Poor Key: = uptrend = downtrend Ticker = trading symbol (individual securities only) Trend Began = date on which current trend was identified Confidence = clearTREND's historic success rate in generating capital gains based on accurate trend identification 42 | Insight • A u g u s t 2 013 w w w. i n s i g h t o n b u s i n e s s . c o m