Oracle stock worst week since 2001 dot-com bust, AI financing concerns escalate

Oracle just wrapped up its worst week on Wall Street in 25 years as concerns continue to mount about the software company's debt load and whether its bet-the-house investment on artificial intelligence will pay off. The stock plummeted 19% this week, dropping at least 2.6% each of the past five days. It's the steepest weekly drop since a 20% plunge in August 2001, during the depths of the dot-com bust. The past nine months have been brutal for Oracle investors. After the company reached a peak market cap of $900 billion in September, on budding enthusiasm about Oracle's AI customers, the stock has lost about 55% of its value.

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