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
LMT Lockheed Martin
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
EXC Exelon Corp
WMB Williams Companies
LLY Lilly (Eli)
INTC Intel Corp
COP ConocoPhillips
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
MRK Merck & Co
ABBV AbbVie Inc
MCD McDonald's Corp
CVX Chevron Corporation
PFE Pfizer Inc
MSFT Microsoft Corp
DOW Dow Chemical

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