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

Dave Mecklenburg is the Publishing of TigerSharkTrading.com.