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

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