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.

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

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