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).

AMGN Amgen Inc
GM General Motors Co
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
TXN Texas Instruments
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
CSCO Cisco Systems
COST(F) Costco Wholesale Corp
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
HON Honeywell Intl
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
BA Boeing Co
BIIB Biogen Inc
MDT Medtronic plc
MMM 3M Co
C Citigrp Inc
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
HD Home Depot Inc
LOW Lowe's Cos
KO Coca-Cola Co
MS Morgan Stanley
PEP Pepsico Inc
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A

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