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).

ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
MA Mastercard Inc
MS Morgan Stanley
USB US Bancorp
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
HPQ HP Inc
INTC Intel Corp
VZ Verizon Communications
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
GM General Motors Co
WFC Wells Fargo
AIG Amer Intl Grp
GD General Dynamics Corp
UPS United Parcel'B'
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
F Ford Motor
HD Home Depot Inc
PG Procter & Gamble
AXP American Express Co
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
ORCL Oracle Corp
MCD McDonald's Corp
SPG Simon Ppty Grp
SBUX Starbucks Corp
ALL Allstate Corp
COF Cap One Finl
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
T AT&T Inc
MMM 3M Co
TXN Texas Instruments
AAPL Apple Inc
EXC Exelon Corp
HON Honeywell Intl
PEP Pepsico Inc

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