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
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
AIG Amer Intl Grp
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
FDX FedEx Corp
NSC Norfolk Southern
GM General Motors Co
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
MS MS
MRK Merck & Co
GE General Electric
KO Coca-Cola Co
AXP American Express Co
C Citigrp Inc
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
PEP Pepsico Inc
EBAY Ebay Inc
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
BAC Bank of America Corporation
ORCL Oracle Corp
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
MDT Medtronic plc
INTC Intel Corp
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
RTN Raytheon Co
AMGN Amgen Inc
UTX United Technologies
UNP Union Pacific Corp
ALL Allstate Corp
PFE Pfizer Inc
CVS CVS Health Corp
UPS United Parcel'B'

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