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).

BA Boeing Co
WFC Wells Fargo
COF Cap One Finl
ALL Allstate Corp
USB US Bancorp
GD General Dynamics Corp
AXP American Express Co
PG Procter & Gamble
APC Anadarko Petro
ABT Abbott Laboratories
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
V Visa Inc
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
SLB Schlumberger Ltd

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