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).

GE General Electric
BAX Baxter Intl
GM General Motors Co
MDT Medtronic, Inc
MMM 3M Co
TXN Texas Instruments
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
HON Honeywell Intl
EMC EMC Corp
PEP Pepsico Inc
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
DOW Dow Chemical
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
ABT Abbott Laboratories
USB US Bancorp
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
MET Metlife Inc
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
GD General Dynamics Corp
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
ABBV AbbVie Inc
MO Altria Grp
XOM Exxon Mobil
AIG Amer Intl Grp
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
ORCL Oracle Corp
BA Boeing Co
KO Coca-Cola Co
F Ford Motor
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
BAC Bank of America Corporation
MRK Merck & Co
RTN Raytheon Co
MS MS
CSCO Cisco Systems
WFC Wells Fargo
COF Cap One Finl
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
FDX FedEx Corp
AAPL Apple Inc
T AT&T Inc

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