Palantir is a “rare cult with no sex and very little drugs and we’re not poisoning anyone,” quipped its billionaire CEO in a recent sitdown.

It’s been a record-breaking year for artificial intelligence darling Nvidia’s stock, with analysts overwhelmingly bullish about the year to come.

Nvidia has dominated the AI narrative in the stock market, captivating investors and the media after soaring 2,190% over the past five years and becoming the most valuable company

US stocks climbed on Monday, with chip stocks leading the tech sector higher while investors eyed a possible year-end rally. All three benchmark indexes ended the trading session in the green, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rising nearly 1%.

Nvidia is one of the most popular AI stocks right now because of its lead in the semiconductor space. The company's graphics processing units (GPUs) have been used in data centers for years, and once tech giants began competing for generative AI dominance, the chips were even more in demand.

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock found itself in a mini-slump in recent weeks, falling into correction, even as other tech stocks experience their so-called "Nvidia moments." Though Nvidia could be a relative laggard for a few more weeks or even months as investors digest the recent Fed meeting,

Investors’ voracious appetite for all things Nvidia (NVDA) might have cooled slightly of late, but the chill is temporary and the feast itself has only just begun according to one Wall Street semiconductor analyst.

Nvidia's (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock has been a huge winner each of the past two years. After surging over 238% in 2023, the stock has soared approximately 164% this year, as of this writing. Those are two huge back-to-back year gains that have propelled the company to become one of the largest in the world.