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).

EMR Emerson Electric Co
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
MSFT Microsoft Corp
CAT Caterpillar Inc
AIG Amer Intl Grp
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
MA Mastercard Inc
UPS United Parcel'B'
T AT&T Inc
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
MET Metlife Inc
C Citigrp Inc
INTC Intel Corp
MMM 3M Co
ALL Allstate Corp
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
AMGN Amgen Inc
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
HON Honeywell Intl
UTX United Technologies
GE General Electric
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
ORCL Oracle Corp
MS MS
COF Cap One Finl
VZ Verizon Communications
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
GM General Motors Co
EMC EMC Corp
AXP American Express Co
CVS CVS Health Corp
USB US Bancorp
BAC Bank of America Corporation
MON Monsanto Co
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
PEP Pepsico Inc
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
TGT Target Corp
XOM Exxon Mobil
UNP Union Pacific Corp
DVN Devon Energy
SPG Simon Ppty Grp
WFC Wells Fargo
JNJ Johnson & Johnson

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