Better Buy: Apple or All 30 Dow Jones Stocks?
It may be the biggest, best, and best-known component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), but shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have conspicuously trailed the blue chip index of late. The Dow's up to the tune of 13% for the past six months, while Apple is barely breaking even for the timeframe.
Its big gains logged in 2020 of course only made Apple stock more vulnerable to the chip shortage as well as the "big tech" antitrust crackdown continuing to gel this year. Congress is considering six different pieces of legislation that could crimp Apple's grip on consumers, if not force an outright restructuring of the company. Investors are understandably hesitant.
We're in a scenario, however, where it just might pay to play the role of contrarian. That's the fancy way of saying you should assume everything's about to reverse its present course, boosting Apple at the expense of the Dow as a whole.
Source Fool.com
