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
TWX Time Warner
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
UPS United Parcel'B'
MMM 3M Co
COF Cap One Finl
MA Mastercard Inc
MON Monsanto Co
TXN Texas Instruments
EMR Emerson Electric Co
GE General Electric
LMT Lockheed Martin
AXP American Express Co
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
HON Honeywell Intl
AIG Amer Intl Grp
BAC Bank of America Corporation
UNP Union Pacific Corp
MET Metlife Inc
BAX Baxter Intl
F Ford Motor
DOW Dow Chemical
RTN Raytheon Co
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
NSC Norfolk Southern
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
BA Boeing Co
ALL Allstate Corp
UTX United Technologies
ORCL Oracle Corp
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
EBAY Ebay Inc
SBUX Starbucks Corp
C Citigrp Inc
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
MS MS
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
EMC EMC Corp
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
ABBV AbbVie Inc
NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
INTC Intel Corp
OXY Occidental Petro
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
APC Anadarko Petro
LOW Lowe's Cos
MCD McDonald's Corp
FB Facebook Inc
XOM Exxon Mobil
HD Home Depot Inc
PEP Pepsico Inc
MSFT Microsoft Corp
V Visa Inc
TGT Target Corp
DVN Devon Energy

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