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).

NSC Norfolk Southern
T AT&T Inc
AAPL Apple Inc
CAT Caterpillar Inc
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
AXP American Express Co
USB US Bancorp
CSCO Cisco Systems
VZ Verizon Communications
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
SO Southern Co Inc
MRK Merck & Co
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
INTC Intel Corp
UTX United Technologies
EMR Emerson Electric Co
MO Altria Grp
GD General Dynamics Corp
RTN Raytheon Co
EXC Exelon Corp
BAX Baxter Intl
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
MA Mastercard Inc
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
LMT Lockheed Martin
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
LLY Lilly (Eli)
PEP Pepsico Inc
MET Metlife Inc
HON Honeywell Intl
WFC Wells Fargo
GE General Electric
KO Coca-Cola Co
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A

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