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
AXP American Express Co
NSC Norfolk Southern
ALL Allstate Corp
BAC Bank of America Corporation
MS MS
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
EMC EMC Corp
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
COF Cap One Finl
SPG Simon Ppty Grp
MDT Medtronic, Inc
MMM 3M Co
WMT Wal-Mart Stores
AIG Amer Intl Grp
SO Southern Co Inc
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
EMR Emerson Electric Co
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
LOW Lowe's Cos
UTX United Technologies
F Ford Motor
PG Procter & Gamble
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
VZ Verizon Communications
CVX Chevron Corporation
DOW Dow Chemical
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
PEP Pepsico Inc
HD Home Depot Inc
APC Anadarko Petro
OXY Occidental Petro
XOM Exxon Mobil
COP ConocoPhillips
NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock

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