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
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
WFC Wells Fargo
V Visa Inc
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
EMC EMC Corp
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
MS MS
GM General Motors Co
CSCO Cisco Systems
MA Mastercard Inc
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
PEP Pepsico Inc
USB US Bancorp
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
AIG Amer Intl Grp
MSFT Microsoft Corp
GD General Dynamics Corp
BAC Bank of America Corporation
EBAY Ebay Inc
C Citigrp Inc
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
LMT Lockheed Martin
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
ORCL Oracle Corp
INTC Intel Corp
CAT Caterpillar Inc
KO Coca-Cola Co
PG Procter & Gamble
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
VZ Verizon Communications
RTN Raytheon Co
AXP American Express Co
NSC Norfolk Southern
DOW Dow Chemical
MET Metlife Inc
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
WMT Wal-Mart Stores
XOM Exxon Mobil
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A

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