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).

FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
CAT Caterpillar Inc
CSCO Cisco Systems
UPS United Parcel'B'
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
EMR Emerson Electric Co
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
UNP Union Pacific Corp
MET Metlife Inc
BAX Baxter Intl
V Visa Inc
UTX United Technologies
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
TWX Time Warner
LOW Lowe's Cos
ALL Allstate Corp
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
AIG Amer Intl Grp
MA Mastercard Inc
INTC Intel Corp
HON Honeywell Intl
AXP American Express Co
F Ford Motor
GD General Dynamics Corp
CVS CVS Health Corp
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
C Citigrp Inc
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
MMM 3M Co
NSC Norfolk Southern
ORCL Oracle Corp
SBUX Starbucks Corp
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
ABBV AbbVie Inc
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
COF Cap One Finl
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock

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