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
COP ConocoPhillips
EXC Exelon Corp
AEP Amer Electric Pwr
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
INTC Intel Corp
CVX Chevron Corporation
GE General Electric
CSCO Cisco Systems
LLY Lilly (Eli)
MCD McDonald's Corp
PFE Pfizer Inc
F Ford Motor
ABBV AbbVie Inc
KO Coca-Cola Co
GM General Motors Company

Dave Mecklenburg is the Publishing of TigerSharkTrading.com.