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'
BK Bank Of New York
UNP Union Pacific Corporation
INTC Intel Corp
MET Metlife Inc
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
T AT&T Inc
KO Coca-Cola Co
COF Capital One Financial
UTX United Technologies
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
HD Home Depot Inc
V Visa Inc
LMT Lockheed Martin
TWX Time Warner
CSCO Cisco Systems
RTN Raytheon Co
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
GOOG Google Inc Cl A
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
MSFT Microsoft Corp
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
EMR Emerson Electric Co
PEP Pepsico Inc
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc
SBUX Starbucks Corp
MON Monsanto Co
CVX Chevron Corporation
CAT Caterpillar Inc
EMC EMC Corp
ORCL Oracle Corp
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
OXY Occidental Petroleum
UPS United Parcel'B'
GE General Electric
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
GD General Dynamics Corp
BAX Baxter Intl
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
MMM 3M Co
HAL Halliburton Co

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