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
LOW Lowe's Cos
LMT Lockheed Martin
F Ford Motor
BAX Baxter Intl
WFC Wells Fargo
HD Home Depot Inc
MDT Medtronic, Inc
MET Metlife Inc
MA Mastercard Inc
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
USB US Bancorp
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
TXN Texas Instruments
AIG Amer Intl Grp
SBUX Starbucks Corp
UPS United Parcel'B'
ORCL Oracle Corp
CVX Chevron Corporation
AMGN Amgen Inc
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
MMM 3M Co
ABT Abbott Laboratories
EMR Emerson Electric Co
NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'

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