Time Machine · 2023

The AI Boom

When AI chips went vertical

+73%surge

Ride the 2023 AI boom, when ChatGPT set off an arms race and semiconductors went vertical — Nvidia alone tripled. Spotting the boom is easy; the hard part is deciding when to pile in and when to take profit. Can you ride the winner?

When do you pile in — and cash out?

Enter the Time Machine and trade The AI Boom with real historical prices. Time rolls forward on its own, headlines break as they did, and an AI coach grades every decision.

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What happened

After a brutal 2022, almost no one expected a rebound. Then ChatGPT set off an AI arms race, and Microsoft poured $10 billion into OpenAI.

Nvidia's May 2023 earnings guidance stunned Wall Street: the stock jumped 24% in a single day, added $184 billion in market value, and briefly joined the $1 trillion club. Nvidia tripled over 2023 as the 'Magnificent Seven' carried the whole market. Its CEO called it 'the iPhone moment of AI.'

Spotting the boom was easy. The hard part was deciding when to pile in — and when to take profit before the inevitable pullbacks.

By the numbers

+240%

Nvidia in 2023

+73%

Semiconductors (SMH)

Best since 1983

Nasdaq first half

Timeline

  1. Jan 23, 2023

    Microsoft invests $10B in OpenAI

  2. Mar 2023

    Jensen Huang: 'the iPhone moment of AI'

  3. May 25, 2023

    Nvidia rockets 24%, adds $184B in a day

  4. May 30, 2023

    Nvidia briefly hits a $1 trillion valuation

  5. Jul 2023

    Nasdaq posts its best first half since 1983

The lesson

Chasing a stock after it has already run is how most people buy the top. The money is made buying doubt, not euphoria — and knowing when to take profit.

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