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.

MO Altria Grp
KMI Kinder Morgan Inc
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
VZ Verizon Communications
SPG Simon Ppty Grp
GILD Gilead Sciences
T AT&T Inc
DOW Dow Inc
XOM Exxon Mobil
KHC The Kraft Heinz Company
WBA Walgreen Boots Alliance Inc
MMM 3M Co
C Citigrp Inc
SO Southern Co Inc
DUK Duke Energy Corporation
ABBV AbbVie Inc
CVX Chevron Corporation
MRK Merck & Co
USB US Bancorp

Dave Mecklenburg is the Publishing of TigerSharkTrading.com.