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).

USB US Bancorp
WFC Wells Fargo
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
MDT Medtronic, Inc
BAX Baxter Intl
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
EMC EMC Corp
SPG Simon Ppty Grp
UNP Union Pacific Corp
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
AIG Amer Intl Grp
ABT Abbott Laboratories
TWX Time Warner
MO Altria Grp
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
CSCO Cisco Systems
COST Costco Wholesale
ALL Allstate Corp
LLY Lilly (Eli)
AAPL Apple Inc
BAC Bank of America Corporation
AXP American Express Co
SO Southern Co Inc
INTC Intel Corp
AMGN Amgen Inc
WMT Wal-Mart Stores
KO Coca-Cola Co
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
LOW Lowe's Cos
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
PG Procter & Gamble
COF Cap One Finl
PFE Pfizer Inc
HON Honeywell Intl
MA Mastercard Inc
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
MCD McDonald's Corp
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
LMT Lockheed Martin
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
BIIB Biogen Idec
NSC Norfolk Southern
EBAY Ebay Inc
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
UTX United Technologies

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