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).

USB US Bancorp
F Ford Motor
COST Costco Wholesale Corp
BA Boeing Co
WFC Wells Fargo
ABT Abbott Laboratories
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
V Visa Inc
LLY Lilly (Eli)
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
T AT&T Inc
EMR Emerson Electric Co
AAPL Apple Inc
MA Mastercard Inc
AMGN Amgen Inc
HON Honeywell Intl
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
INTC Intel Corp
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
UPS United Parcel'B'
AXP American Express Co
PG Procter & Gamble
PEP Pepsico Inc
VZ Verizon Communications
UTX United Technologies
MO Altria Grp
KO Coca-Cola Co

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