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
INTC Intel Corp
SO Southern Company Inc
AEP Amer Electric Pwr
DOW Dow Chemical
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
LLY Lilly (Eli)
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
WMB Williams Companies
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
MRK Merck & Co
PFE Pfizer, Inc
RTN Raytheon Co
MCD McDonald's Corp

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