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).

AIG Amer Intl Group
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
TXN Texas Instruments
ALL Allstate Corp
GILD Gilead Sciences
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
V Visa Inc
GOOG Google Inc Cl A
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
FDX FedEx Corp
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
BK Bank Of New York
MA Mastercard Incorporated
LOW Lowe's Cos
WAG Walgreen Co
WFC Wells Fargo
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
CSCO Cisco Systems
GE General Electric
TWX Time Warner
MET Metlife Inc
UPS United Parcel'B'
SBUX Starbucks Corp
COF Capital One Financial
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
APC Anadarko Petroleum
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
HD Home Depot Inc
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
TGT Target Corp
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc
WMB Williams Companies
AXP American Express Company
EMC EMC Corp
UTX United Technologies
USB US Bancorp
DOW Dow Chemical
GD General Dynamics Corp
NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
BA Boeing Co
C Citigroup Inc
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
EMR Emerson Electric Co
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
MSFT Microsoft Corp
PFE Pfizer Inc
AMGN Amgen Inc
GS Goldman Sachs Group

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