Nvidia stock is lifting S&P 500 index funds. Here’s how you can benefit

For investors who don’t feel entirely confident in their ability to predict what will happen with AI, index funds may be a less risky bet.

This has been a huge week for Nvidia. The company, which makes computer chips and is surfing the artificial intelligence wave, has risen from relative obscurity a few years ago to beat out Apple and Microsoft as the most valuable company in the world (at least for a day, anyway).