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).

NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
CSCO Cisco Systems
MET Metlife Inc
BAC Bank of America Corporation
MMM 3M Co
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
AXP American Express Company
FDX FedEx Corp
GS Goldman Sachs Group
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
V Visa Inc
UPS United Parcel'B'
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
AIG Amer Intl Group
WFC Wells Fargo
SPG Simon Property Group
CVX Chevron Corporation
PFE Pfizer Inc
F Ford Motor
MDT Medtronic, Inc
DOW Dow Chemical
COP ConocoPhillips
MS Morgan Stanley
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
C Citigroup Inc
WAG Walgreen Co
GE General Electric
LLY Lilly (Eli)
BK Bank Of New York
LMT Lockheed Martin
EMR Emerson Electric Co
OXY Occidental Petroleum
TGT Target Corp
RTN Raytheon Co
GM General Motors Company
HD Home Depot Inc
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
XOM Exxon Mobil
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
COF Capital One Financial
KO Coca-Cola Co
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
GOOG Google Inc Cl A
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
BA Boeing Co
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
USB US Bancorp
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
HAL Halliburton Co
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
ABT Abbott Laboratories
TWX Time Warner
CVS CVS Caremark Corporation
TXN Texas Instruments
ABBV AbbVie Inc

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