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).

WFC Wells Fargo
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc
GD General Dynamics Corp
COF Capital One Financial
F Ford Motor
MET Metlife Inc
AXP American Express Company
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
HAL Halliburton Co
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
MRK Merck & Co
UPS United Parcel'B'
FB Facebook Inc
MON Monsanto Co
VZ Verizon Communications
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Capital Stock
RTN Raytheon Co
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
FDX FedEx Corp
UTX United Technologies
HON Honeywell Intl
AAPL Apple Inc
USB US Bancorp
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
TWX Time Warner
AMZN Amazon.com Inc

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