Nvidia makes its fortune primarily through its compute and networking business, which sells advanced chipsets called graphics process

Despite Mag 7 names such as Google-parent Alphabet and software titan Microsoft dropping after earnings reports, the broader picture is positive. While sky-high spending on artificial intelligence is causing concern for some cloud-computing companies,

Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet each saw sharp stock declines following their fourth-quarter earnings reports, which revealed steep increases in AI-related capital spending. Microsoft and Google’s mar

Tech giants Meta, Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft are set to spend a record $320 billion on AI and data centers in 2025, up from $230 billion in 2024. The AI race is heating up, with companies investing heavily in infrastructure and cloud computing to stay ahead.

This has helped Nvidia deliver double- and triple-digit revenue growth quarter after quarter to record levels in recent years and reach other important milestones. For example, the prestigious Dow Jones Industrial Average invited Nvidia to join last year -- and the stock ended up delivering the best performance of all of the stocks in the benchmark in 2024.

Chip giant Nvidia (NVDA) remains central to most investors’ view of the stock market. That’s partly due to the company’s status as one of the largest publicly traded businesses and its weighting in most major indices.