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
ALL Allstate Corp
AMGN Amgen Inc
MS MS
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
AIG Amer Intl Grp
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
HON Honeywell Intl
MET Metlife Inc
BAC Bank of America Corporation
TWX Time Warner
CSCO Cisco Systems
LOW Lowe's Cos
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
COF Cap One Finl
GD General Dynamics Corp
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
MRK Merck & Co
F Ford Motor
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
MMM 3M Co
EXC Exelon Corp
DOW Dow Chemical
CVX Chevron Corporation
C Citigrp Inc
MON Monsanto Co
GE General Electric
APC Anadarko Petro
CAT Caterpillar Inc
FB Facebook Inc
MSFT Microsoft Corp

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