Oracle's stock fell 19% this week, the steepest weekly drop since a 20% plunge in August 2001, amid concerns about its debt load and AI investments (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

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Oracle suffered its worst weekly stock drop since 2001 as investors questioned debt-funded AI infrastructure spending.

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<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/26/oracle-stock-ends-worst-week-since-2001-as-investors-dwell-on-finances.html"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260626/i25.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260626/p25#a260626p25" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Jordan Novet / <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/">CNBC</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/26/oracle-stock-ends-worst-week-since-2001-as-investors-dwell-on-finances.html">Oracle's stock fell 19% this week, the steepest weekly drop since a 20% plunge in August 2001, amid concerns about its debt load and AI investments</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; 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 &hellip; </p>