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The chip maker's shares have tended to pop after the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, judging by data stretching back to 1999.

The semiconductor space has been an important driver for the stock market, helped especially by Nvidia Corp.’s dramatic sales growth — the company’s most recent quarterly revenue was 4.5 times as high as it was two years earlier.

As a result, Broadcom and Nvidia are positioned to benefit for years as the AI industry expands from 2023's global market size of $136 billion to an estimated $827 billion by 2030. This is one reason owning shares in both is a great way to invest in the secular trend of AI.

Worries around a slow payoff from AI investments have mounted, and Nvidia's forecast fell short of expectations despite strong quarterly revenue growth.

Nvidia’s stock historically has made dramatic moves in the year after initial Fed interest-rate cuts, and it has outperformed the S&P 500 on average when looking at all rate cuts since the IPO.

Chip stocks slumped this week, with the PHLX Semiconductor Index (SOX) tumbling 10%, its biggest weekly decline since January 2022.

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been the stock everyone is talking about for quite some time -- and for good reason. The company dominates the artificial intelligence (AI) chip niche with a market share of about 80%, and this has translated into record earnings. Even better, Nvidia's focus on innovation means its dominance is likely to last.

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve trimmed interest rates aggressively and penciled in further rate cuts by the end of the year. It slashed the benchmark interest rate by a half-point to 4.75-5% for the first time since March 2020.