Oracle Corp. is one of the world's largest independent enterprise software companies, with annual revenues over $53 billion. Its software products include database, middleware, application, and cloud-based software designed for general business purposes and for specific industries. In addition, Oracle provides product upgrades, maintenance releases, and patches through license update agreements, as well as extensive product support. Oracle also provides server hardware. It expanded its presence in the healthcare market with the Cerner acquisition in 2022. The company has about 160,000 employees. About 37% of revenue comes from outside the Americas region.

September 10 was very reminiscent of the mega-cap market from parts of 2023 and 2024, when just a handful of monster stocks dragged the major indices higher, while most other stocks waded in choppy water. While the biggest sector winner was Real Estate (XLRE), with a 1.8% gain, Information Technology (IT) was second, rising 1.5%, and Consumer Discretionary was third, adding 1.2%. Within IT, software rose 1.9% on the back of Oracle's 11% surge following better-than-expected quarterly results. Semiconductors also got a little mojo back, rising a bit more than 3% as Broadcom popped 5.3% and Advanced Micro added 3.4%. Autos led in discretionary as Tesla ripped 4.6% while the next 10 autos by market cap all fell. On the flipside, Financial gave up 1%, led by a 5.2% drubbing in the largest bank, JP Morgan. Energy was the weakest sector, as crude oil fell another 3.5% to $66.30/barrel and the lowest close for WTI since late 2021. Exxon led Energy to the downside, falling 3.6%. While the S&P 500 gained 0.5%, the Nasdaq rose 0.8%, Nasdaq 100 was up 0.9%, small- and mid-caps did little, and NYSE breadth was flat. Bonds continue to rally as the 10-year yield fell to 3.65%, the lowest level since June 2023; the five-year dropped to 3.43%, its lowest since May 2023; while the two-year is down to 3.59%, the lowest since March 2023. While it's happening slowly, the yield is normalizing - in other words, it is 'un-inverting' for the first time in over two years. The two-, five-, and 10-year yield charts all look like they are tracing out multi-year topping formations, but we don't want rates to fall too far.

Oracle provides database technology and enterprise resource planning, or ERP, software to enterprises around the world. Founded in 1977, Oracle pioneered the first commercial SQL-based relational database management system. Today, Oracle has 430,000 customers in 175 countries, supported by its base of 136,000 employees.

Oracle provides database technology and enterprise resource planning, or ERP, software to enterprises around the world. Founded in 1977, Oracle pioneered the first commercial SQL-based relational database management system. Today, Oracle has 430,000 customers in 175 countries, supported by its base of 136,000 employees.