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).

HAL Halliburton Co
GS Goldman Sachs Group
HON Honeywell Intl
V Visa Inc
BAC Bank of America Corporation
MMM 3M Co
MA Mastercard Incorporated
ALL Allstate Corp
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Capital Stock
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
TGT Target Corp
FB Facebook Inc
DOW Dow Chemical
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
AXP American Express Company
WFC Wells Fargo
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc
MDT Medtronic, Inc
TWX Time Warner
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
MSFT Microsoft Corp
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
PEP Pepsico Inc
COF Capital One Financial
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
TXN Texas Instruments
CAT Caterpillar Inc
MS Morgan Stanley
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
SBUX Starbucks Corp
LOW Lowe's Cos
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
KO Coca-Cola Co
NSC Norfolk Southern

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