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).

CSCO Cisco Systems
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
AXP American Express Co
UTX United Technologies
GD General Dynamics Corp
USB US Bancorp
AAPL Apple Inc
WFC Wells Fargo
INTC Intel Corp
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
NSC Norfolk Southern
LOW Lowe's Cos
HON Honeywell Intl
LMT Lockheed Martin
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
COF Cap One Finl
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
WAG Walgreen Co
MMM 3M Co
EMR Emerson Electric Co
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
SBUX Starbucks Corp
HD Home Depot Inc
GE General Electric
C Citigrp Inc
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
AMGN Amgen Inc
BAX Baxter Intl
CAT Caterpillar Inc
TXN Texas Instruments
MSFT Microsoft Corp
SPG Simon Ppty Grp
CVS CVS Health Corp
EMC EMC Corp
MCD McDonald's Corp
MA Mastercard Inc
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
V Visa Inc
BAC Bank of America Corporation

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