AAPL) or every Dow Jones stock? // Motley Fool Australia

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It’s a question that cuts straight to the heart of investors’ indecision. Is this the time to seek safety in numbers, or does one take a shot on what’s arguably the market’s highest-quality stock?

Either choice would be fine, for the record. But Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is a better pick than a broad-based fund for most investors right now, even when that fund includes all 30 blue-chips found within the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (DJX: .DJI). Although the iPhone is losing steam as the company’s breadwinner, more than a few blue-chip stalwarts are bumping into a headwind at the same time Apple’s poised to catch at…