Large, mature companies with lagging stock prices often see prices that outperform the overall index over three-month and one-year periods. This strategy is usually implemented as a basket trade of the weak stocks to lower risk. The following are the weakest components of the S&P 100 index.

EXC Exelon Corp
MO Altria Group
LMT Lockheed Martin
T AT&T Inc
COP ConocoPhillips
VZ Verizon Communications
DOW Dow Chemical
AEP Amer Electric Pwr
SO Southern Company Inc
LLY Lilly (Eli)
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
INTC Intel Corp
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
MRK Merck & Co
HNZ Heinz (H.J.)
WMB Williams Companies
PFE Pfizer, Inc
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
RTN Raytheon Co
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours

Dave Mecklenburg is the Editor-in-Chief of TigerSharkTrading.com.