The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which consumer goods editor/analyst Austin Smith and consumer goods editor/analyst Brendan Byrnes discuss topics around the investing world.

In today's video, Brendan and Austin each pick one of their favorite stocks from their favorite sectors and battle it out to see which one is better to shareholders. Brendan picks General Electric, Austin picks Philip Morris, and they debate which one investors should buy today.

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