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).

KO Coca-Cola Co
MMM 3M Co
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
XOM Exxon Mobil
GE General Electric
EMR Emerson Electric Co
FDX FedEx Corp
UPS United Parcel'B'
ALL Allstate Corp
TWX Time Warner
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
SBUX Starbucks Corp
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
DOW Dow Chemical
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
COST Costco Wholesale
GD General Dynamics Corp
SO Southern Company Inc
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
CAT Caterpillar Inc
CVX Chevron Corporation
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
MCD McDonald's Corp
LOW Lowe's Cos
GILD Gilead Sciences
NWSA News Corp Cl A

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