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).

DD DuPont de Nemours Inc
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
BLK Blackrock Inc'A'
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
DOW Dow Inc
KO Coca-Cola Co
ALL Allstate Corp
WFC Wells Fargo & Company
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
MS Morgan Stanley

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