This Year’s Milken: Uncertainty on Panels, Extravagance at Parties

If you closed your eyes and only listened to the panels at this year’s Milken Global Conference, you’d Think the Country was on the verge of a recession.

One of the Most Common Words Spoken by Executives and Investors Was “Uncertainty.” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s Speech – Not Talks with Peyton Manning or Tony Blair or Henry Kravis – was the hottest ticket in tower, with their atttoe up an hour for his opening remarks.

Pessimism about the us was so so high that professional investors are looking to put Money to work in Europe, Long Ignored by American Firms of the Continent’s Slow Relative to US Companies.

“The brand is definitely tarnished now,” State Street Ceo Ron O’hanley Said, echoing comments made by Citadel’s Founder, Ken Griffin, and Apollo Ceo Marc Rowan.

“The Real Question is Where Is Is Permanent,” O’hanley, Whose Firm Manages $ 4.7 TRAK, SAID ON A PANEL ABOUT THE MACRONMENT.

The “Animal Spirits“Energy Radiating off the investor Class and C-Suites in davos was Nowhere to be found on the milken stages in Beverly Hills, California, Thanks to President Donald Trump’s Tariff Police, which have upnded Global Equity and Bond Markets.

“The Mood Was Unbelievably Optimistic” in Switzerland, Katie Koch, The Ceo of the $ 195 Billion Credit Investment Manager TCW, Said while NEXT to O’hanley Onstage, but is “The Opposite Now.”

The Gloom Oncestage Didn’t Affect the Mood

The Beverly Hilton Was Packed With Upward of 5,000 Atthemes This Year, The Conference’s Biggest Showing Sine 2019, Despite Tickets Starting at $ 25,000 Apiece.

Lines Snaked Around the Lobby for Top Speakers Like Jessica Alba – the Tennis Star Novak Djokovic was seen waiting to get in.

Atthemes Competed Not Only for Seats But Also for Invitations to the Most Coveted after-Parties, Held at the Meta-Only Bird Streets Club and Restaurants As Funke, Ciprian, and AOC. One of the HardDestations to Get Was a Dinner With Bessent on Sunday Night.

Walking Around the Ritzy Beverly Hills Hotel and Speaking with Atthemes in the Conferences of Wellness Garden (Featuring “Puppy Playtime” and “Nervous System Reset” Chairs) or at the numerous aftert-parties hosted by banks and private equity giants, we fous the most mood.

“THIS ISN’T THE TYPE OF FOOD YOU’D SEE A Reception During a Recession,” One Partygoer Said Monday Evening As a Platter of Tuna Tartars Passed by. The person, who has been investing in private markets for decades, said he was worried about the economy unil-parties put on the number of drinks could get from the bar.

People were encurated by Bessent’s Comments Tying the Tariffs to Deregulation and Tax Cuts. While MANY ASSET Managers are not deploying Capital, They’re Still Fundraising, and Meetings with Representatives from Middle East Sovereign Wealth Funds some of the Toughest to get. Once he was Done Speaking on a panel Monday Afternion, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment, Khalid Al-Falih, was swarmed by athemes.

There’s Also Still Plenrenty of Optimism Around Tech and the Promise of Artificial Intelligence, With Self-Driving Waymo Cars Dropping off MANY ATTETEES AND A FRIDGE-SIZED BOX IN THE LOBBY ALLOWING PASSERSBY The Chance to Speak with a Hologram of the Conference, Michael, Michael, Michael in several languages.

Elon Musk, who was a popular headliner Last year, chose to stay bend closed doors this year, giving an interview to milker in front of an invite-only Sunday, anyone who Attended Said. Milken Also Interviewed Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Tuesday in Front of a Packed Audience.

At a party Held Sunday at the billionaire nicolas beverly hills mansion to celebrate the fifth anniversary of his tech Philosophy Magazine, Noem, Interpretive Dancers performermed by the pool before the journalist kara hosted a debate on where

Spreads one of the best metaphors for the mixed signals at the elite gathering is the Bougie Boxed Lunches gioven out each day to the thusands of attitude: a seingly offering that contained more luxurious options inside, Such as salmon with and chocolate.

The us, it seames, is still a hard fond for many investors to kick.

In the Breath that deep-pocketed panelists Wouuld Criticize Trade Police or Talk Up International Opportunities, They’d Mention the Overwhelming Size of the Capital’s Capital Markets or Innovative Culture.

Johnson & Johnson Ceo Joaquin Duato, A Dual Citizen of the Us and Spain, Prepass A Winston Churchill Quote to Describe Businesses’ Thinking on the Future of the World’s Larger Economy: “Americans Always will the Right Thing, AFTER TRYING EVERING ELSE.”