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 Grp
KMI Kinder Morgan Inc
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
XOM Exxon Mobil
V Visa Inc
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
VZ Verizon Communications
DOW Dow Inc
ABBV AbbVie Inc
CVX Chevron Corporation
KHC The Kraft Heinz Company
SO Southern Co Inc
WBA Walgreen Boots Alliance Inc
SPG Simon Ppty Grp
GILD Gilead Sciences
DUK Duke Energy Corporation
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
MRK Merck & Co
AMGN Amgen Inc

Dave Mecklenburg is the Publishing of TigerSharkTrading.com.