Vote Now! Apple vs. General Electric—Which One Should Win?
As investors get rolling Monday after the three-day weekend, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the stand in record territory on the first day of the second quarter, after managing small gains in last week's up-and-down trading.
But 2012 high-flyer Apple—whose 31 percent gain had helped boost the S&P last year—lost 4 percent last week. The iPhone and iPad maker is down nearly 17 percent in 2013.
Meanwhile, Dow stock General Electric lost 1 percent last week. But shares have seen a solid 10 percent gain in 2013—building on last year's 17-percent advance.
Against that backdrop, GE and Apple vie for the third spot in our "Squawk Box Money Madness" stock tournament's "Favored 4" round. Vote now on our Facebook page to send one of them through and the other packing.
(Vote Now! Apple vs. General Electric)
Our "Squawk 16" stocks—which were chosen because they're among the most clicked on CNBC.com—were whittled down to our "Emerging 8." And we kicked-off that round with a doubleheader last Thursday.
It started with Facebook vs. Google, and the social network came out on top with 57 percent of the vote (Doubleheader Recap).
The second matchup of our doubleheader was Bank of America vs. Intel, which had narrowly beat JPMorgan. But another financial powerhouse proved to be too much, and Intel fell to BofA, which received 58-percent of the vote.
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—By CNBC's Matthew J. Belvedere; Follow him on Twitter @Matt_SquawkCNBC