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
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
SO Southern Co Inc
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
VZ Verizon Communications
MO Altria Grp
COP ConocoPhillips
GM General Motors Co
CVX Chevron Corporation
MCD McDonald's Corp
F Ford Motor
PFE Pfizer Inc
GE General Electric
EXC Exelon Corp
TGT Target Corp
OXY Occidental Petro
ABBV AbbVie Inc
LMT Lockheed Martin
CSCO Cisco Systems
MRK Merck & Co

Dave Mecklenburg is the Publishing of TigerSharkTrading.com.