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).

TXN Texas Instruments
V Visa Inc
MA Mastercard Inc
EMC EMC Corp
TWX Time Warner
HON Honeywell Intl
PFE Pfizer Inc
CSCO Cisco Systems
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
MET Metlife Inc
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
WFC Wells Fargo
GILD Gilead Sciences
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
AIG Amer Intl Group
ABT Abbott Laboratories
FDX FedEx Corp
AMGN Amgen Inc
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
EBAY Ebay Inc
CAT Caterpillar Inc
LOW Lowe's Cos
MMM 3M Co
CVS CVS Caremark Corporation
MS MS
C Citigroup Inc
AXP American Express Co
HD Home Depot Inc
UPS United Parcel'B'
T AT&T Inc
BIIB Biogen Idec
PG Procter & Gamble
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
BAC Bank of America Corporation
ORCL Oracle Corp
COF Cap One Financial
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
GM General Motors Co
GE General Electric
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
TGT Target Corp
BAX Baxter Intl
UNP Union Pacific Corp
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
ABBV AbbVie Inc
WMT Wal-Mart Stores
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
MRK Merck & Co

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