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
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
MA Mastercard Inc
COF Cap One Finl
UPS United Parcel'B'
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
V Visa Inc
SBUX Starbucks Corp
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
WFC Wells Fargo
BAC Bank of America Corporation
AXP American Express Co
BA Boeing Co
MRK Merck & Co
ALL Allstate Corp
UNP Union Pacific Corp
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
C Citigrp Inc
MET Metlife Inc
MS MS
BAX Baxter Intl
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
MMM 3M Co
FDX FedEx Corp
NSC Norfolk Southern
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
AAPL Apple Inc
BIIB Biogen Idec
UTX United Technologies
PFE Pfizer Inc
USB US Bancorp
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
EMR Emerson Electric Co
WAG Walgreen Co
GE General Electric
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
HON Honeywell Intl
HD Home Depot Inc
ORCL Oracle Corp
CSCO Cisco Systems
LOW Lowe's Cos

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