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).

UPS United Parcel'B'
TWX Time Warner
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
GD General Dynamics Corp
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
EMR Emerson Electric Co
HON Honeywell Intl
MMM 3M Co
BA Boeing Co
ALL Allstate Corp
AAPL Apple Inc
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
MSFT Microsoft Corp
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
DVN Devon Energy
AXP American Express Co
HAL Halliburton Co
PG Procter & Gamble
EBAY Ebay Inc
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
UNP Union Pacific Corp
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
USB US Bancorp
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
CVX Chevron Corporation
APC Anadarko Petro
WFC Wells Fargo
FDX FedEx Corp
FB Facebook Inc
MET Metlife Inc
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
LLY Lilly (Eli)

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