THE Industrial average Dow Jones (^ Dji -0.75%)) Rumaning last year, earning more than 12%, as some of its largest growing companies advanced. Investors have stacked in actions benefiting from the boom in artificial intelligence (AI), as well as companies likely to gain in a lower interest rate environment. These themes continue to attract investors – and this could well increase for those who put their money behind certain growth players.
Thanks to this current momentum, 2025 can be another good for the Dow Jones, and three actions in particular could drive the gains. Two are already excellent thanks to their early domination in AI, and the third has long been a leader in its industry. Let’s take a look at these three players soaked in 2025 and beyond.

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1. NVIDIA
Nvidia (NVDA -3.67%)) joined the Dow Jones last year and posted the first performance of the index of the year – the title has jumped 171%. Some investors feared that after such gains, Nvidia can be ripe for a break. But I don’t think this moment is now, and that’s why.
As a dominant player on the IA flea market, Nvidia is committed to innovation, and it is the key to continuous leadership. It is promised to update its chips each year, and a big moment is currently taking place – the launch of its architecture and the Blackwell chip that changes the situation. This fully customizable system offers customers large efficiency gains, which is essential when companies take place to develop AI projects. In addition to that, reports indicate that Nvidia is ahead of the calendar on the release of new generation architecture, Rubin, which could be launched later this year instead of next year.
These launches, as well as the upcoming income of Blackwell – Nvidia predicts several billion dollars in the very first quarter of marketing – can push this higher stock in the short term. And Nvidia’s leadership and commitment to innovation should make this stock a winner for your wallet over time.
2. Amazon
Amazon (Amzn 1.30%)) represents another company which already draws its investments in AI. The company benefits from technology in two ways. In Amazon’s electronic commerce activities, he uses AI to gain efficiency gains and improve shopping and sales experiences for customers and partners. And in Cloud Computing, it sells AI solutions to customers.
Here is an overview of how it leads to profits. Amazon uses AI on its execution network, for example, to help select the fastest route for each delivery. These efforts reduce costs for Amazon and by delivering packages faster, please also the customer – a key element to strengthen customer loyalty.
Regarding Cloud Computing, Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers customers everything, bases – such as AI chips in all price ranges – to a fully managed service that allows them to adapt the best language models to their projects. All of this helped AWS reach an annualized income rate of $ 110 billion from the third quarter of last year.
AWS also offers tools to build AI agents, or software that can reason and apply decisions, and this can represent the next wave of AI growth – excellent news for Amazon’s profits and performances actions.
3. American Express
American Express (AXP -0.47%)) has built a solid growth experience thanks to its domination on the premium credit cards market. The company generates income through transactions for merchants, annual costs and financing costs. But the biggest driver is customer expenses, which is higher by card compared to the competitors of the company.
The power of the credit card, known for its premium cards, makes customers pass by offering them a variety of attractive advantages and opportunities – such as catering awards or upgrades of the hotel. All of this has helped this business well established to increase profits in billions. And the increase in the return on investment invested in recent years shows that business investments have been fruit.
AXP return to invested capital data (annual) by Ycharts
Now, in the future, there are reasons to be optimistic about what awaits us. American Express, during the fully completed year, experienced record levels of card members’ spending, reached a record of 13 million new men’s members and added millions of new merchants to its network. And in October, the company said that Gen-Z millennials and consumers are its consumer group who knows the fastest growth in the United States, which suggests that the younger generations represent an opportunity for the company.
All this means that American Express could be put to go up this year and well in the future, which makes it the ideal time to enter the stock.
John Mackey, former CEO of Whole Foods Market, a subsidiary of Amazon, is a member of the board of directors of Motley Fool’s. American Express is an advertising partner of Motley Fool Money. Adria Cimino has positions in Amazon and American Express. The Motley Fool has positions and recommends Amazon and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has a policy of disclosure.