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.

COP ConocoPhillips
KMI Kinder Morgan Inc
T AT&T Inc
SO Southern Co Inc
CVX Chevron Corporation
VZ Verizon Communications
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
GM General Motors Co
OXY Occidental Petro
F Ford Motor
CAT Caterpillar Inc
EXC Exelon Corp
MO Altria Grp
XOM Exxon Mobil
EMR Emerson Electric Co
DOW Dow Chemical
GE General Electric
PG Procter & Gamble
MCD McDonald's Corp
INTC Intel Corp

Dave Mecklenburg is the Publishing of TigerSharkTrading.com.