If the 2023 stock market had an MVP, it would have to be Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA).

The chip maker and inventor of the graphics processing unit (GPU) has been the biggest winner in the generative artificial intelligence (AI) gold rush to date by far. Its revenue and profits have soared this year, and the stock has more than tripled year to date through Dec. 20. Along the way, the stock crossed the $1 trillion market cap, adding roughly $700 billion in market value and making it just one of five U.S. companies in that club.

The other four companies are Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and . Together with Meta Platforms and Tesla, they've come to be known as the "Magnificent Seven," which has replaced FAANG stocks as shorthand for big tech stocks. Together they represent roughly $12 trillion in market cap, and the group has delivered monster returns this year, with each one outperforming the S 500 and the , as you can see from the chart below.

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