Today is Wednesday, March 11, 2026.

The Early Bird Index today is 75.99.

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Oracle $ORCL ( ▼ 0.26% ) jumped 8.70% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the tech giant delivered strong financial earnings results and a favorable outlook.

Financials: Oracle reported earnings of $1.79 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $17.2 billion. Both were better than expected.

Powering the Story: Cloud revenue jumped 44% in the past quarter, which was at the high end of Oracle’s outlook. Revenue for cloud infrastructure surged 84%. And Oracle expects cloud revenue to grow as much as 50% in the current quarter.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Right now is a strong setup for Oracle Cloud because it is directly plugged into the AI capex wave, and has carved out a differentiated multicloud/AI infra niche rather than fighting hyperscalers head‑on.

Final Thoughts: These were some much-needed good results for Oracle. The stock had been down over 23% this year.

Notable Earnings Today: UiPath (NYSE: PATH), Campbell Soup (Nasdaq: CPB), Netskope (Nasdaq: NTSK), Sprinklr (NYSE: CXM), Stitch Fix (Nasdaq: SFIX), Descartes (Nasdaq: DSGX), Bumble (Nasdaq: BMBL), Petco Health and Wellness (Nasdaq: WOOF), Algoma Steel Group (Nasdaq: ASTL), BrainsWay (Nasdaq: BWAY), Broadwind (Nasdaq: BWEN), Guardian Pharmacy Services (NYSE: GRDN), HighPeak Energy (Nasdaq: HPK), Kamada (Nasdaq: KMDA), Navigator Holdings (NYSE: NVGS), OppFI (NYSE: OPFI), Serve Robotics (Nasdaq: SERV), Smith Douglas Homes (NYSE: SDHC), Viant Technology (Nasdaq: DSP).

Notable IPOs Today: United States Antimony Corporation (NYSE: UAMY), Co-Diagnostics, Inc. Common Stock (Nasdaq: CODX), SUMA Acquisition Corporation Units (Nasdaq: SUMAU), Highlander Silver Corp. (NYSE American: HSLV).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Pizza Rox (Honeycomb), Court De Padel (Crowdcube).

Notable Economic Events Today: Consumer Price Index / Core CPI (8:30 a.m. ET), Crude Oil Inventories (10:30 a.m. ET), Federal Budget Balance (2:00 p.m. ET).

The defense technology company AeroVironment $AVAV ( ▼ 3.78% ) plunged 10.05% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after reporting mixed financial earnings results.

Financials: AeroVironment reported earnings of 64 cents per share in the past quarter, which were lower than expected. Revenue reached $408 million, which was better than expected.

Powering the Story: Investors were disappointed with the company’s 2026 outlook on Tuesday. AeroVironment anticipates a net loss and lower-than-expected revenue for the full year.

Final Thoughts: The stock, previously down 13% this year, can’t catch a break.

Groupon $GRPN ( ▼ 9.15% ) posted mixed financial earnings results on Tuesday, causing the stock to plunge 12.00% in after-hours trading.

Financials: Groupon reported earnings of 17 cents per share in the past quarter, which were better than expected. But revenue was just $132.7 million, which was lower than expected.

Final Thoughts: The stock is down 80% in the last 5 years.

Eroding: Stablecoin boom could eat into traditional banks' profits, warn Jefferies analysts (CoinDesk)

Wait-and-See: Bitcoin permabull Arthur Hayes says he wouldn't bet $1 on BTC right now (Cointelegraph)

Economic Pain: How the Iran war and surging oil prices are affecting consumers at the gas pump and beyond (Associated Press)

AI Makeover: Ford launches new AI to grow multibillion-dollar Pro commercial business (CNBC)

Facebook for AI Bots: Meta just bought the social network for AI bots everyone’s been talking about (CNN)

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