Prophecy From Oracle?

If we are only as good as our last tech data point, then we have to like what Oracle's (ORCL - commentary - Trade Now) saying. Remember that the tech funk started with Research In Motion (RIMM - commentary - Trade Now), which put a crimp on just about everything as people started wondering whether the end was here for smartphones. I know that was just a really dumb judgment but so what? It prevailed.

It will be hard for it to prevail tomorrow, though, with Oracle beating the numbers.

All day today I searched for a catalyst that could be a reason for this market to rally.

Could Oracle be it?

If you are searching for a catalyst, as the end of the quarter markers are, you've just been given one.

It might be enough.

Random musings: Bummed that Darden (DRI - commentary - Trade Now) wasn't so hot -- ouch, that was a key component of the big recovery story... And I'm still smarting from how bad Boeing (BA - commentary - Trade Now) is and how the company, frankly, has gotten out of control because it was very clear they said they were ready for lift-off... Oh boy did Oracle hammer Salesforce.com (CRM - commentary - Trade Now) tonight -- brutal!

At the time of publication, Cramer had no positions in the stocks mentioned.

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Know What You Own: Other tech stocks that may interest investors include Microsoft (MSFT - commentary - Trade Now), Google (GOOG - commentary - Trade Now) and Apple (AAPL - commentary - Trade Now). For more on the value of knowing what you own, visit TheStreet.com's Investing A-to-Z section.

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