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).

BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
WFC Wells Fargo
FDX FedEx Corp
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
UPS United Parcel'B'
GM General Motors Co
HON Honeywell Intl
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
TWX Time Warner
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
ALL Allstate Corp
MRK Merck & Co
UTX United Technologies
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
UNP Union Pacific Corp
LMT Lockheed Martin
MS MS
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
EBAY Ebay Inc
MO Altria Grp
PFE Pfizer Inc
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
C Citigrp Inc
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
SBUX Starbucks Corp
TGT Target Corp

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