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
T AT&T Inc
LMT Lockheed Martin
VZ Verizon Communications
COP ConocoPhillips
DOW Dow Chemical
SO Southern Company Inc
AEP Amer Electric Pwr
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
INTC Intel Corp
LLY Lilly (Eli)
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
WMB Williams Companies
MRK Merck & Co
HNZ Heinz (H.J.)
PFE Pfizer, Inc
MCD McDonald's Corp

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