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
LMT Lockheed Martin
MO Altria Group
T AT&T Inc
VZ Verizon Communications
COP ConocoPhillips
SO Southern Company Inc
INTC Intel Corp
AEP Amer Electric Pwr
MRK Merck & Co
DOW Dow Chemical
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
WMB Williams Companies
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
RTN Raytheon Co
LLY Lilly (Eli)
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
PFE Pfizer, Inc
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
MCD McDonald's Corp

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