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
SO Southern Company Inc
COP ConocoPhillips
AEP Amer Electric Pwr
VZ Verizon Communications
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
MRK Merck & Co
INTC Intel Corp
WMB Williams Companies
DOW Dow Chemical
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
LLY Lilly (Eli)
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
EXC Exelon Corp
RTN Raytheon Co
PFE Pfizer, Inc
GE General Electric
CSCO Cisco Systems

Dave Mecklenburg is the Publisher of TigerSharkTrading.com.