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
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
SO Southern Co Inc
COP ConocoPhillips
VZ Verizon Communications
MO Altria Grp
CVX Chevron Corporation
OXY Occidental Petro
GM General Motors Co
MCD McDonald's Corp
DOW Dow Chemical
EXC Exelon Corp
PFE Pfizer Inc
GE General Electric
F Ford Motor
LMT Lockheed Martin
XOM Exxon Mobil
MRK Merck & Co
EMR Emerson Electric Co

Dave Mecklenburg is the Publishing of TigerSharkTrading.com.