By Daniel Foelber
Publication Date: 2026-01-17 12:50:00
Buying just one share of Nvidia would be a simple way to start betting on AI in the new year.
The 2011 film Moneyball popularized the saying, “How can you not be romantic about baseball?” — a reference to the sport’s timeless traditions, underdog stories, and hope. In investing, often the focus is on returns and the pure numbers. But there’s a romantic side to building a financial portfolio, too.
Owning a piece of a business is an empowering feeling, no matter how small your stake. It means you have skin in the game and are willing to delay gratification by putting your hard-earned savings to work in a company rather than numerous alternatives. Investing is one of the most accessible paths toward achieving the American Dream. And a person can start with almost any amount of money, even a couple of hundred dollars.
Nvidia (NVDA 0.44%) is trading around $186 per share at the time of this writing. Here’s why it’s the perfect growth stock to buy with $200 right now.
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A not-so-magnificent few months for Nvidia
Nvidia is one of three “Magnificent Seven” stocks that have underperformed the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.06%) over the last three months — along with Microsoft and Meta Platforms.
Nvidia stock is still languishing despite the major updates the company presented at CES earlier this month. On Jan. 5, it announced that the successor to its Blackwell graphics processing unit (GPU) architecture is already in full production. Named…
