Oracle's results due after thr market close Wednesday come at a critical time for the artificial intelligence trade. Shares of Oracle are up 32% year to date, but the cloud infrastructure company has seen shares crater more than 33% in the past three months on concern about its debt level and the financial viability of its massive AI deals . The stock caught fire after Oracle announced a $300 billion deal with OpenAI in early September, involving a five-year agreement requiring Oracle to also provide about 4.5 gigawatts of electric power. Oracle raised $18 billion in a bond sale, one of the largest debt issues on record in the tech industry. Analysts expect Oracle to earn $1.64 per share, excluding one-time items, on revenue of $16.21 billion in its fiscal second quarter ended Nov. 30. In

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