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).

GD General Dynamics Corp
HON Honeywell Intl
LOW Lowe's Cos
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
FDX FedEx Corp
UTX United Technologies
HD Home Depot Inc
EMR Emerson Electric Co
F Ford Motor
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
LMT Lockheed Martin
UPS United Parcel'B'
RTN Raytheon Co
C Citigroup Inc
MMM 3M Co
KO Coca-Cola Co
BA Boeing Co
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
GM General Motors Company
MSFT Microsoft Corp
CVS CVS Caremark Corporation
WAG Walgreen Co
DOW Dow Chemical
MA Mastercard Incorporated
COST Costco Wholesale
NSC Norfolk Southern
ORCL Oracle Corp
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
WMT Wal-Mart Stores
AIG Amer Intl Group
CAT Caterpillar Inc
PEP Pepsico Inc
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Capital Stock
MDT Medtronic, Inc
BAC Bank of America Corporation
SBUX Starbucks Corp
MCD McDonald's Corp
GE General Electric
LLY Lilly (Eli)
MET Metlife Inc

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