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).

BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
HD Home Depot Inc
EBAY Ebay Inc
MA Mastercard Inc
MSFT Microsoft Corp
LOW Lowe's Cos
ALL Allstate Corp
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
MMM 3M Co
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
DOW Dow Chemical
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
UNP Union Pacific Corp
AXP American Express Co
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
PEP Pepsico Inc
FB Facebook Inc
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
EMR Emerson Electric Co
TXN Texas Instruments
ORCL Oracle Corp
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
KO Coca-Cola Co
PG Procter & Gamble
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
WFC Wells Fargo
TGT Target Corp
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
AAPL Apple Inc

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