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).

HD Home Depot Inc
CSCO Cisco Systems
WFC Wells Fargo
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
LOW Lowe's Cos
GE General Electric Co
BAC Bank of America Corporation
C Citigrp Inc
COST Costco Wholesale Corp
INTC Intel Corp
BA Boeing Co
USB US Bancorp
V Visa Inc
MA Mastercard Inc
HPQ HP Inc
HON Honeywell Intl
ABT Abbott Laboratories
AIG Amer Intl Grp
AMGN Amgen Inc
EMR Emerson Electric Co
MS Morgan Stanley
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
UPS United Parcel'B'
UTX United Technologies
EMC EMC Corp
PG Procter & Gamble
TXN Texas Instruments
MMM 3M Co
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
NKE Nike Inc Cl B
COF Cap One Finl
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
SBUX Starbucks Corp
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Cl A
MET Metlife Inc
PFE Pfizer Inc
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
DOW Dow Chemical
GOOG Alphabet Inc Cl C Cap Stock
MON Monsanto Co
MDT Medtronic plc
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
FB Facebook Inc
F Ford Motor

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