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).

WFC Wells Fargo
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
USB US Bancorp
WMT Wal-Mart Stores
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
FDX FedEx Corp
AIG Amer Intl Grp
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
VZ Verizon Communications
PEP Pepsico Inc
MA Mastercard Inc
GM General Motors Co
KO Coca-Cola Co
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
ORCL Oracle Corp
LMT Lockheed Martin
C Citigrp Inc
GE General Electric
MS MS
EBAY Ebay Inc
MDT Medtronic plc
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
MRK Merck & Co
EMR Emerson Electric Co
HON Honeywell Intl
BAC Bank of America Corporation
XOM Exxon Mobil
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
NSC Norfolk Southern
MSFT Microsoft Corp
COST Costco Wholesale
T AT&T Inc
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
COF Cap One Finl
UTX United Technologies
INTC Intel Corp
HAL Halliburton Co
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
UPS United Parcel'B'
ALL Allstate Corp
CVS CVS Health Corp
COP ConocoPhillips
LLY Lilly (Eli)
TWX Time Warner
APA Apache Corp
APC Anadarko Petro

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