64% of CEOs Predict Looming Economic Crisis—Is Your Portfolio Ready?

Corporate titans sound the alarm—nearly two-thirds of Fortune 500 leaders see storm clouds gathering.

The canaries in the coal mine

When 64% of CEOs start hedging, it's not paranoia—it's pattern recognition. These are the same people who usually spin 'challenges' as 'opportunities.'

Defensive moves in play

Boardrooms aren't waiting for official recession stamps. Liquidity buffers are expanding faster than a CBDC pilot program.

Silver lining for crypto?

Traditional markets sweating means capital could pull its usual 'flight to decentralization' routine—just like clockwork.

Bottom line: The suits finally admit what crypto traders knew in 2022. Maybe next they'll discover cold wallets.

CEO Sentiment Wavers: Is the US Economy Going Downhill?

CEO sentiment, or a CEO confidence index, primarily measures the perceptions of CEOs and business entrepreneurs towards their respective economies. The index also measures the expectations that the CEOs have about the future economic conditions of a nation. This index has now started to show a wobbly stance, with nearly 64% of the CEOs projecting a weak economic future for America.

The CEO confidence index is now displaying a striking detail, adding how the majority of the CEOs believe that the US economy may worsen in the next 6 months.

ALERT: CEO confidence has collapsed

64% of CEOs now expect the economy to worsen in the next 6 months pic.twitter.com/UcG8or7qy4

Per the latest analysis by the Bravos research, this pattern has also emerged before, back in the years 2001, 2009, 2020, and 2022.

One WOULD expect CEOs to usually have better visibility than most

The last 4 times this survey hit current levels were:

1) Late-2022
2) Early-2020
3) Early-2009
4) Early-2001 pic.twitter.com/Dzrg6NbMrH

It’s the World, Not Just The US: World Bank Stats Portray New Details

The world economic growth is set to erode further, as per the latest statistics presented by the World Bank. The highly esteemed financial entity predicted that the global economic growth is set to deteriorate further, lowering its GDP expectations to 2.3%. This may further intensify the US economic crisis and chaos.

The bank projected a mildly positive stance for the US economy, adding that it may expand 1.4% this year.

Global economic growth is set to deteriorate:

The World Bank lowered its global GDP outlook for 2025 by 0.4 percentage points, to 2.3%, the lowest in 5 years.

That would be the weakest growth in 17 years, outside of 2008 and 2020.

Furthermore, the US economy is expected to… pic.twitter.com/5yV0vjaOAZ