Tom Lee Says ‘Buy The Dip’ In NVDA After Huang Exit Even As Bitcoin Plunges Below $70,000: ‘Best Risk/Reward In AI’

Tom Lee, the Fundstrat co-founder and bullish strategist, reportedly told followers to "buy the dip" in Nvidia (NVDA) following a reported exit involving Jensen Huang, while describing the stock as offering the best risk/reward in AI. The commentary arrived as Bitcoin fell below $70,000, pointing to a divergence between risk assets, with crypto selling off while large-cap AI equities are being framed as a relative value opportunity. The transmission mechanism here runs through risk appetite and sector rotation: a drawdown in speculative assets like Bitcoin typically tightens liquidity for high-beta exposures, while concentrated mega-cap tech names such as Nvidia carry heavy weighting in the Nasdaq-100 (NDX), so any leadership-related headline can move the index disproportionately. Traders should note that the headline does not specify the nature or timing of the Huang exit, so the reported event itself warrants verification before its market impact is assessed. The next catalyst to watch is any official disclosure or filing clarifying Huang's status, alongside upcoming U.S. inflation data that could shift rate expectations

The Nasdaq-100 (NDX) is the US large-cap tech benchmark. NDX is more sensitive to rate decisions than SPX because of longer-duration cash flows, and heavily concentrated in Tech/Comms names — mega-cap earnings season dominates price action.

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