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

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