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).

AIG Amer Intl Grp
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
BAX Baxter Intl
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
LMT Lockheed Martin
PEP Pepsico Inc
KO Coca-Cola Co
GE General Electric
MDT Medtronic, Inc
MS MS
GM General Motors Co
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
USB US Bancorp
TXN Texas Instruments
GD General Dynamics Corp
MMM 3M Co
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
MET Metlife Inc
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
AAPL Apple Inc
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
C Citigrp Inc
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
EMC EMC Corp
HON Honeywell Intl
MO Altria Grp
ABT Abbott Laboratories
MON Monsanto Co
AMGN Amgen Inc
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
RTN Raytheon Co
AXP American Express Co
CSCO Cisco Systems
WFC Wells Fargo
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
BAC Bank of America Corporation
INTC Intel Corp
MRK Merck & Co
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
EMR Emerson Electric Co
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
CAT Caterpillar Inc
EXC Exelon Corp
ALL Allstate Corp
F Ford Motor
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
COST Costco Wholesale
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
UTX United Technologies
PG Procter & Gamble
XOM Exxon Mobil
VZ Verizon Communications
ABBV AbbVie Inc
CVX Chevron Corporation
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
TWX Time Warner
UNP Union Pacific Corp
COP ConocoPhillips
OXY Occidental Petro

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