Optimists looking for an encore performance from Wall Street were handsomely rewarded in 2024. Last year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite all achieved multiple record-closing highs and ended higher by 13%, 23%, and 29%, respectively.

Nvidia (NVDA) has dominated the tech scene in recent years, riding high on the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. With its powerful GPUs driving advancements in gaming, data centers, and autonomous tech,

A Chinese startup’s latest affordable artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot sent NVIDIA Corporation’s NVDA shares into a tailspin, erasing half a trillion in market capitalization. However, the widespread anxiety among NVIDIA investors is overblown.

Brian Colello at Morningstar maintained his target price of $130 per share on Nvidia stock following the DeepSeek news. "We doubt the leading cloud vendors and AI builders will pause their plans," he wrote in a note to clients. "We still think tech firms will continue to buy all the GPUs they can as part this AI gold rush."