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).

BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
EMR Emerson Electric Co
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
GM General Motors Co
UNP Union Pacific Corp
CSCO Cisco Systems
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
V Visa Inc
UTX United Technologies
GE General Electric
AIG Amer Intl Grp
TWX Time Warner
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
ABBV AbbVie Inc
ABT Abbott Laboratories
HON Honeywell Intl
SBUX Starbucks Corp
CAT Caterpillar Inc
DOW Dow Chemical
F Ford Motor
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
DVN Devon Energy
MS MS
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
BAX Baxter Intl
OXY Occidental Petro
GD General Dynamics Corp
ALL Allstate Corp
ORCL Oracle Corp
APA Apache Corp
MET Metlife Inc
APC Anadarko Petro
NSC Norfolk Southern
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
CVS CVS Health Corp
COP ConocoPhillips
CVX Chevron Corporation
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
AXP American Express Co
MA Mastercard Inc
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
LLY Lilly (Eli)
XOM Exxon Mobil

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