March 8 was a wild day in the stock market. Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) surged to an all-time high of $974 only to fall over 10% from that high to end the day at $875.28. At the peak, Nvidia was less than 9% away from surpassing (NASDAQ: AAPL) in market cap. By close, it was a little over 20% away.

Given Nvidia's big swings, it seems like the stock could very well surpass Apple to become the second most valuable "Magnificent Seven" stock behind Microsoft. Here's why Nvidia could keep outperforming Apple in the short term, but why Apple is the better long-term buy.

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