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
VZ Verizon Communications
T AT&T Inc
SPG Simon Ppty Grp
KMI Kinder Morgan Inc
MMM 3M Co
F Ford Motor
USB US Bancorp
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
DOW Dow Inc
C Citigrp Inc
PFE Pfizer Inc
KHC The Kraft Heinz Company
MS Morgan Stanley
UPS United Parcel Service Inc
DUK Duke Energy Corporation
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
ABBV AbbVie Inc
SO Southern Co Inc

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