Milken elite bask in “blissful ignorance” as markets ignore the war

Financial titans at the Milken Institute conference describe a “weird” schism between records and reality…

While the Middle East burns, the global elite at the Peninsula and Maybourne focus on AI and IPO exits…

Goldman Sachs partners report “a lot of chatter” regarding private equity firms restarting the dealmaking engine…

European fund managers express “healthy skepticism,” noting the U.S. is shielded from the conflict’s energy shock…

The stock market “doesn’t care about the war” as long as the AI semiconductor trade continues to print…

Analysts warn that “narrow breadth” is signaling a major drawdown risk for the S&P 500 in the near term…

Enthusiasm is high, but the “blissful ignorance” is getting expensive.