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.

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

Dave Mecklenburg is the Publisher of TigerSharkTrading.com.