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).

QCOM Qualcomm Inc
COF Cap One Finl
HD Home Depot Inc
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
BA Boeing Co
GD General Dynamics Corp
LMT Lockheed Martin
USB US Bancorp
AMGN Amgen Inc
WFC Wells Fargo
C Citigrp Inc
RTN Raytheon Co
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
MMM 3M Co
AIG Amer Intl Grp
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
MCD McDonald's Corp
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
UTX United Technologies
SBUX Starbucks Corp
MET Metlife Inc
HON Honeywell Intl
SPG Simon Ppty Grp
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
BAC Bank of America Corporation
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
VZ Verizon Communications
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
LOW Lowe's Cos
COST Costco Wholesale
T AT&T Inc
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
CVS CVS Health Corp
ABT Abbott Laboratories
PG Procter & Gamble
UPS United Parcel'B'
MDT Medtronic, Inc
MA Mastercard Inc
COP ConocoPhillips
PFE Pfizer Inc
PEP Pepsico Inc
V Visa Inc
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB

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