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'
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
UTX United Technologies
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
UNP Union Pacific Corp
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
AXP American Express Co
ALL Allstate Corp
MS MS
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
TWX Time Warner
HON Honeywell Intl
NSC Norfolk Southern
GD General Dynamics Corp
RTN Raytheon Co
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
MMM 3M Co
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
MET Metlife Inc
BAC Bank of America Corporation
GE General Electric
AIG Amer Intl Grp
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
MDT Medtronic plc
LMT Lockheed Martin
XOM Exxon Mobil
COF Cap One Finl
CAT Caterpillar Inc
FDX FedEx Corp
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
CVX Chevron Corporation
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
ORCL Oracle Corp
EMC EMC Corp
MON Monsanto Co
TGT Target Corp
T AT&T Inc

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