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).

UPS United Parcel'B'
V Visa Inc
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
WFC Wells Fargo
AXP American Express Co
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
MA Mastercard Inc
ALL Allstate Corp
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
BAC Bank of America Corporation
SBUX Starbucks Corp
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
MS MS
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
GD General Dynamics Corp
UNP Union Pacific Corp
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
ORCL Oracle Corp
COF Cap One Finl
BA Boeing Co
INTC Intel Corp
ABBV AbbVie Inc
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
BIIB Biogen Idec
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
C Citigrp Inc
FDX FedEx Corp
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
LLY Lilly (Eli)
HON Honeywell Intl
PFE Pfizer Inc
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
MMM 3M Co
DOW Dow Chemical
FB Facebook Inc
NSC Norfolk Southern
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
CVX Chevron Corporation
USB US Bancorp
GE General Electric
BAX Baxter Intl
UTX United Technologies
EMR Emerson Electric Co
AAPL Apple Inc
MET Metlife Inc
OXY Occidental Petro

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