The market continues to be volatile in 2025, with stocks generally trading well off their previous highs. For investors with a long-term mindset, this raises some potential opportunities.
Plenty of shareholders profess a long-term buy and hold strategy, but periods of significant volatility can test the mettle of even the most seasoned investor. Over the past half decade, such has been the case with Nvidia (NVDA 3.86%).
Two companies riding the advanced computing wave from very different angles are D-Wave Quantum and NVIDIA.
With the market in correction territory, chip stocks generally have not avoided the carnage. The S&P 500 Index is down approximately 14% from its 52-week high as of the April 22 close, and the Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF NASDAQ: SOXQ is down around 35% from highs.
Nvidia (NVDA 4.44%) stock is jumping in Wednesday's trading. The artificial intelligence (AI) hardware leader's share price was up 4.6% as of 10:45 a.m.
Despite short-term headwinds, NVDA remains the best growth stock for the next decade due to its dominant position in the AI arms race. AI infrastructure is critical for national security, and NVDA's technology and market leadership position it to benefit significantly from increased defense spending. NVDA's forward revenue growth and PEG ratio make it a top growth player in the tech sector, even under conservative estimates.
The chip maker is getting into the artificial intelligence agents game with the release of a software platform that helps businesses build their own autonomous bots.
Nvidia was moving up with the broader market after President Donald Trump said U.S.-imposed tariffs of 145% on imported goods from China will come down “substantially” after the two sides negotiate a deal.
Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have delivered impressive gains to investors over the past couple of years or so. But they have fallen out of favor in 2025, thanks to ongoing economic turmoil triggered by the tariff war and concerns regarding the viability of the huge amounts of money spent on AI infrastructure.
Concerns over tariffs and the potential impact on the economy have hit chip stocks particularly hard this year. The PHLX Semiconductor index is down 23% year to date, trailing the S&P 500's 10% decline at the time of this writing.
Shares of NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) were flat during a.m.
Nvidia stock (NASDAQ: NVDA) has lost roughly $1 trillion in market capitalization since Donald Trump took office and things continue to get worse for the chipmaker.