Nvidia, in contrast, has nearly everything AI investors want. It's profitable, it has plenty of room to grow as AI investments expand, and its shares are relatively well priced with a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 34, compared to the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 's 26.4. For all of those reasons, Nvidia looks like the far better AI stock right now.

Nvidia’s stock is off to a positive start after a wild Monday. Shares of the chipmaking giant were recently up about 2%, easily outpacing the slight rise in the S&P 500. The first hours of Tuesday’s session followed a start to the week that marked Nvidia’s (NVDA) worst day in years,

Nvidia was last higher by about 7% on Tuesday, with the rally gaining steam throughout the session. The stock at one point shortly after the open was in the red. That bounce comes