David Solomon

At the moment, it's kind of brushing it aside.

We have a lot of things going on in the macro.

With the war, with the oil shock, supply chains, inflation getting stickier that are going to have an effect.

And the market may absorb all that differently than it's absorbing it at the moment.

At the moment, it's kind of brushing it aside.

Hot Wheels.

Yes, labels on those are not awesome.

We have a lot of things going on in the macro with the war, with the oil shock, supply chains, inflation getting stickier that are going to have an effect.

And the market may absorb all that differently than it's absorbing it at the moment.

At the moment, it's kind of brushing it aside.

We are definitely in a moment where there's more greed than there is fear.

And so if you're advising companies that need capital, one of the basic advice for 42 years of doing this, if you're capital consumptive and it's available, take the capital.

We live in an age of self-driving cars, reusable rockets, and an app called Suno, which some of you might be familiar with.

It's an AI app that helps you produce music instantaneously.

As I was preparing for this, I gave it a prompt.

And here's what I said.

Hey, Suno, I'm at Wharton's graduation and I'd like you to make an anthem for the MBA class of 2026.

Let's create an upbeat house song, approximately 120 beats a minute, that talks about why Wharton's grads should be optimistic about what's in front of them in the years ahead and how today is the best day in the history of the world to be in their shoes and tomorrow will be better.

Here's what Suno came up with.

That comes with two more verses and three more choruses.