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).

GS Goldman Sachs Grp
HD Home Depot Inc
MSFT Microsoft Corp
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
EMR Emerson Electric Co
MS MS
MA Mastercard Inc
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
EBAY Ebay Inc
ALL Allstate Corp
COST Costco Wholesale
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
COF Cap One Finl
C Citigrp Inc
KO Coca-Cola Co
LOW Lowe's Cos
CAT Caterpillar Inc
MMM 3M Co
WFC Wells Fargo
MET Metlife Inc
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
USB US Bancorp
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
BAC Bank of America Corporation
NSC Norfolk Southern
CVX Chevron Corporation
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
AIG Amer Intl Grp
HAL Halliburton Co
XOM Exxon Mobil
GM General Motors Co
TXN Texas Instruments
EMC EMC Corp
COP ConocoPhillips
F Ford Motor
ABT Abbott Laboratories
DVN Devon Energy
NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
AAPL Apple Inc
MON Monsanto Co
PG Procter & Gamble
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
INTC Intel Corp

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