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
AIG Amer Intl Group
OXY Occidental Petroleum
COP ConocoPhillips
ALL Allstate Corp
MS Morgan Stanley
BAC Bank of America Corporation
C Citigroup Inc
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
ABBV AbbVie Inc
SPG Simon Property Group
GILD Gilead Sciences
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
PFE Pfizer Inc
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
AMGN Amgen Inc
BA Boeing Co
ABT Abbott Laboratories
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
WFC Wells Fargo
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
UPS United Parcel'B'
INTC Intel Corp
USB US Bancorp
MDT Medtronic, Inc
F Ford Motor
APA Apache Corp
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
TGT Target Corp
KO Coca-Cola Co
DOW Dow Chemical
FDX FedEx Corp
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
AAPL Apple Inc
LMT Lockheed Martin
RTN Raytheon Co

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