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).

V Visa Inc
MA Mastercard Incorporated
EBAY Ebay Inc
GOOG Google Inc Cl A
CVX Chevron Corporation
F Ford Motor
EMR Emerson Electric Co
UNP Union Pacific Corporation
PFE Pfizer Inc
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
EMC EMC Corp
MMM 3M Co
DOW Dow Chemical
AMGN Amgen Inc
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
GD General Dynamics Corp
VZ Verizon Communications
ABBV AbbVie Inc
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
MDT Medtronic, Inc
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
LLY Lilly (Eli)
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
ABT Abbott Laboratories
MSFT Microsoft Corp
GM General Motors Company
APC Anadarko Petroleum
DVN Devon Energy
TWX Time Warner
HON Honeywell Intl
MRK Merck & Co
UPS United Parcel'B'
WFC Wells Fargo
T AT&T Inc
COP ConocoPhillips
APA Apache Corp
CAT Caterpillar Inc
HD Home Depot Inc
GE General Electric
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
XOM Exxon Mobil
KO Coca-Cola Co

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