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).

MSFT Microsoft Corp
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
HD Home Depot Inc
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
AXP American Express Co
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
LOW Lowe's Cos
ALL Allstate Corp
MS MS
CAT Caterpillar Inc
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
MET Metlife Inc
MA Mastercard Inc
EBAY Ebay Inc
WFC Wells Fargo
LMT Lockheed Martin
UNP Union Pacific Corp
EMC EMC Corp
COF Cap One Finl
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
C Citigrp Inc
MMM 3M Co
AIG Amer Intl Grp
GE General Electric
ORCL Oracle Corp
MON Monsanto Co
V Visa Inc
BAC Bank of America Corporation
BAX Baxter Intl
AAPL Apple Inc
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
ABT Abbott Laboratories
FB Facebook Inc
HON Honeywell Intl
BA Boeing Co
AMGN Amgen Inc

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