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

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