If you’re watching Oracle’s stock and trying to decide what your next move should be, you’re not alone. Over the past year, Oracle’s shares have posted a jaw-dropping 63.5% gain, and if you zoom out even further, the five-year return stands at a staggering 430.1%. It’s enough to make anyone take a pause before hitting buy or sell. Yet, despite those blistering long-term gains, the stock has shown some choppiness lately, slipping 0.9% over the past month after a recent climb of 2.1% this week. Year-to-date, though, Oracle remains firmly in growth territory, up a massive 69.1% since January.

What is the story behind these moves? Recent headlines point to Oracle’s aggressive push into artificial intelligence and cloud computing…