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).

AXP American Express Co
EMR Emerson Electric Co
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
TWX Time Warner
CAT Caterpillar Inc
MS MS
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
DOW Dow Chemical
AIG Amer Intl Grp
APA Apache Corp
HON Honeywell Intl
MMM 3M Co
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
UNP Union Pacific Corp
ABBV AbbVie Inc
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
MET Metlife Inc
TGT Target Corp
CVS CVS Health Corp
FB Facebook Inc
C Citigrp Inc
NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
TXN Texas Instruments
HD Home Depot Inc
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
MA Mastercard Inc
WFC Wells Fargo
ABT Abbott Laboratories
NSC Norfolk Southern
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
HAL Halliburton Co
GE General Electric
USB US Bancorp
GD General Dynamics Corp
APC Anadarko Petro
AMGN Amgen Inc
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
MON Monsanto Co
COP ConocoPhillips
PFE Pfizer Inc
DVN Devon Energy
GILD Gilead Sciences
COF Cap One Finl
XOM Exxon Mobil
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
T AT&T Inc
OXY Occidental Petro
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
PG Procter & Gamble
BIIB Biogen Idec

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