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
MMM 3M Co
PFE Pfizer Inc
T AT&T Inc
KMI Kinder Morgan Inc
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
SPG Simon Ppty Grp
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
DOW Dow Inc
USB US Bancorp
F Ford Motor
GILD Gilead Sciences
UPS United Parcel Service Inc
DUK Duke Energy Corporation
KHC The Kraft Heinz Company
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
CVS CVS Health Corp
CVX Chevron Corporation
SO Southern Co Inc

Dave Mecklenburg is the Publishing of TigerSharkTrading.com.