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).

BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
UNP Union Pacific Corporation
MET Metlife Inc
RTN Raytheon Co
AXP American Express Company
COF Capital One Financial
HD Home Depot Inc
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
UTX United Technologies
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
EMR Emerson Electric Co
HON Honeywell Intl
TWX Time Warner
T AT&T Inc
DOW Dow Chemical
INTC Intel Corp
ORCL Oracle Corp
LMT Lockheed Martin
VZ Verizon Communications
KO Coca-Cola Co
ALL Allstate Corp
CVS CVS Caremark Corporation
EMC EMC Corp
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
NSC Norfolk Southern
MCD McDonald's Corp
WMT Wal-Mart Stores
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
DVN Devon Energy
BAX Baxter Intl
CSCO Cisco Systems
CAT Caterpillar Inc
GE General Electric
MSFT Microsoft Corp
QCOM Qualcomm Inc

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