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).

MMM 3M Co
SO Southern Company Inc
ABT Abbott Laboratories
F Ford Motor
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
AEP Amer Electric Pwr
OXY Occidental Petroleum
MCD McDonald's Corp
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
MO Altria Group
EMC EMC Corp
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
ABBV AbbVie Inc
BA Boeing Co
GS Goldman Sachs Group

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