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).

AIG Amer Intl Grp
WFC Wells Fargo
AMGN Amgen Inc
ABT Abbott Laboratories
MET Metlife Inc
LOW Lowe's Cos
COF Cap One Finl
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
INTC Intel Corp
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
HD Home Depot Inc
ORCL Oracle Corp
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
USB US Bancorp
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
MRK Merck & Co
F Ford Motor
BIIB Biogen Inc
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
CVS CVS Health Corp
BAX Baxter Intl Inc
VZ Verizon Communications
CSCO Cisco Systems
ABBV AbbVie Inc
HON Honeywell Intl
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
T AT&T Inc
GILD Gilead Sciences
JNJ Johnson & Johnson

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