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
TXN Texas Instruments
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
ALL Allstate Corp
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
UTX United Technologies
LOW Lowe's Cos
DOW Dow Chemical
EMR Emerson Electric Co
F Ford Motor
APC Anadarko Petroleum
MA Mastercard Incorporated
CSCO Cisco Systems
FDX FedEx Corp
HD Home Depot Inc
MMM 3M Co
MET Metlife Inc
TWX Time Warner
SPG Simon Property Group
HAL Halliburton Co
ABT Abbott Laboratories
COF Capital One Financial
UPS United Parcel'B'
WMB Williams Companies
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
AXP American Express Company
USB US Bancorp
HON Honeywell Intl
MS Morgan Stanley
SBUX Starbucks Corp
APA Apache Corp
MSFT Microsoft Corp
MON Monsanto Co
DVN Devon Energy
CAT Caterpillar Inc
GS Goldman Sachs Group
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
C Citigroup Inc
COP ConocoPhillips
WFC Wells Fargo
INTC Intel Corp
NWSA News Corp Cl A
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
AAPL Apple Inc
OXY Occidental Petroleum
NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
GM General Motors Company
MDT Medtronic, Inc

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