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
VZ Verizon Communications
EXC Exelon Corp
WMB Williams Companies
INTC Intel Corp
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
LMT Lockheed Martin
LLY Lilly (Eli)
DOW Dow Chemical
MRK Merck & Co
PFE Pfizer Inc
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
CVX Chevron Corporation
MCD McDonald's Corp
GE General Electric

Dave Mecklenburg is the Publishing of TigerSharkTrading.com.