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
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
VZ Verizon Communications
EXC Exelon Corp
AEP Amer Electric Pwr
COP ConocoPhillips
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
INTC Intel Corp
LLY Lilly (Eli)
LMT Lockheed Martin
GE General Electric
MCD McDonald's Corp
PFE Pfizer Inc
CVX Chevron Corporation
MRK Merck & Co
ABBV AbbVie Inc
GM General Motors Company
F Ford Motor

Dave Mecklenburg is the Publishing of TigerSharkTrading.com.