If the stock market can move sectors and stocks, which sectors and stocks are most likely to move in step with the stock market? Sectors and individual stocks most highly correlated to the overall market can use the S&P 500 SPDR ETF (SPY) as a directional indicator.

The following individual stocks are most correlated the S&P 500 SPDR ETF (SPY).

V Visa Inc
MA Mastercard Incorporated
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
WMB Williams Companies
EMR Emerson Electric Co
FDX FedEx Corp
MET Metlife Inc
RTN Raytheon Co
SPG Simon Property Group
NWSA News Corp Cl A
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
SO Southern Company Inc
MON Monsanto Co
DELL Dell Inc
XOM Exxon Mobil
SBUX Starbucks Corp
UTX United Technologies
MMM 3M Co
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
DVN Devon Energy
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
DOW Dow Chemical
GILD Gilead Sciences
PFE Pfizer Inc
BAC Bank of America Corporation
HON Honeywell Intl
C Citigroup Inc
HAL Halliburton Co
APA Apache Corp
MS Morgan Stanley
GS Goldman Sachs Group
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
AEP Amer Electric Pwr
UNP Union Pacific  Corporation
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
WFC Wells Fargo
APC Anadarko Petroleum
WAG Walgreen Co
ALL Allstate Corp
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
BHI Baker Hughes Inc
NSC Norfolk Southern
AXP American Express Company
TXN Texas Instruments
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
MSFT Microsoft Corp
BK Bank Of New York
BAX Baxter Intl
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
INTC Intel Corp
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
GOOG Google Inc Cl A
UPS United Parcel'B'
LMT Lockheed Martin
BA Boeing Co
COP ConocoPhillips
GD General Dynamics Corp

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