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

Dave Mecklenburg is the Publishing of TigerSharkTrading.com.