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).

EMC EMC Corp
CAT Caterpillar Inc
TXN Texas Instruments
GD General Dynamics Corp
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
LMT Lockheed Martin
BA Boeing Co
UNP Union Pacific Corp
ABBV AbbVie Inc
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
MMM 3M Co
HON Honeywell Intl
MRK Merck & Co
INTC Intel Corp
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
PFE Pfizer Inc
AAPL Apple Inc
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
ORCL Oracle Corp
CVS CVS Caremark Corporation
WFC Wells Fargo
ABT Abbott Laboratories
ALL Allstate Corp
C Citigrp Inc
USB US Bancorp
HD Home Depot Inc
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
AIG Amer Intl Grp
MO Altria Grp
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
PEP Pepsico Inc
MET Metlife Inc
LOW Lowe's Cos

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