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
USB US Bancorp
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
MS MS
WFC Wells Fargo
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
AXP American Express Co
AAPL Apple Inc
MRK Merck & Co
EMC EMC Corp
MDT Medtronic, Inc
BAX Baxter Intl
BAC Bank of America Corporation
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
MET Metlife Inc
INTC Intel Corp
TWX Time Warner
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
V Visa Inc
MON Monsanto Co
TXN Texas Instruments
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
AMGN Amgen Inc
COST Costco Wholesale
ALL Allstate Corp
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
ABT Abbott Laboratories
LOW Lowe's Cos
LLY Lilly (Eli)
F Ford Motor
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
MO Altria Grp
SPG Simon Ppty Grp
UNP Union Pacific Corp
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
ABBV AbbVie Inc
PG Procter & Gamble

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