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).

MMM 3M Co
EMR Emerson Electric Co
MA Mastercard Inc
GE General Electric
EMC EMC Corp
BA Boeing Co
DOW Dow Chemical
INTC Intel Corp
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
HON Honeywell Intl
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
KO Coca-Cola Co
TXN Texas Instruments
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
GM General Motors Co
CAT Caterpillar Inc
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
MSFT Microsoft Corp
MCD McDonald's Corp
XOM Exxon Mobil
MO Altria Grp
ABBV AbbVie Inc
PEP Pepsico Inc
F Ford Motor
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
NSC Norfolk Southern
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
UNP Union Pacific Corp
GD General Dynamics Corp
CSCO Cisco Systems
FDX FedEx Corp
HAL Halliburton Co
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
ABT Abbott Laboratories
ORCL Oracle Corp
JNJ Johnson & Johnson

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