I would pick Apple. I have a feeling that in 10 years they will have re-invented themselves and be making huge profits, and paying dividends on those shares. F

I would pick Apple. I have a feeling that in 10 years they will have re-invented themselves and be making huge profits, and paying dividends on those shares. For example, 100k of Apple shares today will net me 265,000 USD. Assume that I decide to just pocket that money ... I could live off that for a full year, easy. They pay that every quarter (or at least that's the case at the moment). I'll make money now, be able to stick it into a savings account or re-invest it into other stocks. If you gave me 100k in Amazon i'd be grateful, but keeping it for 10 years means that in the mean time it is useless to me. No dividends, trading at an excess that is absolutely insane, it will come crashing down eventually. Apple at least at that point has cash to continue operations, Amazon doesn't.