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'
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
MA Mastercard Inc
TWX Time Warner
TXN Texas Instruments
INTC Intel Corp
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
ABT Abbott Laboratories
F Ford Motor
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
MSFT Microsoft Corp
BAX Baxter Intl
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
V Visa Inc
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
RTN Raytheon Co
UTX United Technologies
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
ALL Allstate Corp
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
AAPL Apple Inc
MMM 3M Co
PG Procter & Gamble
HD Home Depot Inc
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
HON Honeywell Intl
EMR Emerson Electric Co
DOW Dow Chemical
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
WMT Wal-Mart Stores
CAT Caterpillar Inc
AXP American Express Co
EBAY Ebay Inc
UNP Union Pacific Corp
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
CVX Chevron Corporation
NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
FB Facebook Inc

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