THE NONEXPERT a view, not a verdict.

$140 Is Doing a Lot of Heavy Lifting Right Now

$140. That’s where Oracle is sitting as of March 27 — down from $202 in mid-January, trading near its three-month low, and priced as though the last three years of infrastructure buildout didn’t happen. The Nasdaq is off 11% from its peak, and the market has decided that Oracle deserves a 24% haircut from the start of the year. That may be exactly wrong. Bank of America reinstated Oracle with a Buy rating and a $200 price target — 43% above where the stock sits today. That gap is worth sitting with. Not because Bank of America said so, but because the underlying numbers give the thesis something to stand … Read more