The MadBrooks Brief

Tech is bleeding, energy and healthcare are catching bids, and Oracle just reminded everyone that even the AI darlings aren't immune.

Sep 1, 2026 · 9:03 PM CT · 3:02 · The MadBrooks Brief | Night | Wed, Sep 2

Tech is bleeding, energy and healthcare are catching bids, and Oracle just reminded everyone that even the AI darlings aren't immune. ORCL down five point two three to one forty-one thirty-two. Earnings hangover. That's the steepest drop on the board today and it's not close.

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Tech is bleeding, energy and healthcare are catching bids, and Oracle just reminded everyone that even the AI darlings aren't immune.

ORCL down five point two three to one forty-one thirty-two. Earnings hangover. That's the steepest drop on the board today and it's not close.

Tesla down three point two two to three fifty-six. Demand noise again — the stock doesn't get the benefit of the doubt right now.

AMD down two point three six to four fifty-nine sixty-one. No catalyst needed when the tape is this weak.

Amazon down one point eight seven to two fifty-four. Quietly sliding while nobody's watching the headline names.

Nvidia down one point five one to two seventeen forty-four. Giving back ground with the rest of the AI complex, no drama.

Microsoft down one point two four to five oh one. Over five hundred dollars and still red — that's the state of mega-cap tech today.

Google down one point two eight to three thirty-five. Follows Microsoft's lead, no daylight between them.

Apple up two point six one to three twenty-five thirteen. The lone tech survivor, and the gap between Apple and the rest of this sector is worth noting.

Meta up one point oh eight to five seventy-eight. Another counter-move inside a bleeding sector — not enough to call a trend, enough to call it interesting.

XOM up two point two four to one sixty-four fifty-five. Rotation trade, textbook.

UNH up one point seven seven to three ninety-six thirty. Healthcare doing what it does when risk appetite fades.

Walmart up one point zero zero to one oh five ninety-two. Defensive money moving — same story as XOM and UNH, different aisle.

Futures confirm the tone. SPY down zero point six nine. QQQ down one point two seven — tech leads the losses, again. IWM down one point one four. DIA down zero point seven two. VIX at sixteen thirty-four, elevated but not panicked.

No economic data on the calendar today.

Earnings on deck: AMBA and ASAN after the close — both small-cap growth names reporting into a risk-off tape, which is exactly the wrong environment to miss. AMBR reports before the open with a zero EPS estimate. In a market this thin on conviction, a miss anywhere gets punished fast.

Numbers don't lie. People do. Trade accordingly.

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