Investing in artificial intelligence (AI) stocks isn't just about setting yourself up for 2025, but also positioning yourself for the next decade. AI innovations won't stop in 2025, and with the stock market being a forward-looking machine, you're better off taking the long-term view rather than just narrowing in on what will happen in 2025.

From acronyms like FANG, then FAANG, to the "Magnificent Seven," investors created ways to group the biggest and fastest growth technology names. While many tech companies should continue to show strong growth in revenue and earnings,

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) are among the stocks that I think can outperform the market over the next five years. Nvidia is a stock that has made plenty of people rich.

The U.S. stock market ended 2024 on a high note, with the benchmark S&P 500 index up by 23.3%. That came on the heels of its 24.2% rise in 2023, so overall, the S&P was up by 53.2% since 2022 -- one of its best two-year stretches of the 21st century.