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
SO Southern Company Inc
AEP Amer Electric Pwr
VZ Verizon Communications
COP ConocoPhillips
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
INTC Intel Corp
EXC Exelon Corp
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
WMB Williams Companies
LLY Lilly (Eli)
LMT Lockheed Martin
ABBV AbbVie Inc
MRK Merck & Co
PFE Pfizer Inc
DOW Dow Chemical
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
CVX Chevron Corporation
GE General Electric

Dave Mecklenburg is the Publishing of TigerSharkTrading.com.