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).

MA Mastercard Inc
V Visa Inc
CSCO Cisco Systems
EMC EMC Corp
TXN Texas Instruments
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
GILD Gilead Sciences
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
PFE Pfizer Inc
BAC Bank of America Corporation
TWX Time Warner
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
BIIB Biogen Idec
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
MMM 3M Co
EBAY Ebay Inc
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
MET Metlife Inc
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
T AT&T Inc
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'

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