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Savvy Investors Have a Secret…
The smartest, most data-driven investors in the country have their eyes on 3 major global shifts…
One of them is happening in China...
One of them is happening in Eastern Europe...
…and one of them is happening right here on U.S. soil.
All 3 events will impact the U.S. economy for decades to come…
…and provide massive opportunities for investors.
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TOP 5 Reasons to Download Your FREE Economic Report
1. China is no longer a hub of inexpensive labor for U.S. and European manufacturers. Companies basing their manufacturing decisions on old data will need to adapt…
2. Political Turmoil has disrupted the supply of much relied-on natural resources historically received from Eastern Europe. A new hub for these natural resources is on the horizon…
3. Covid-19 and other major disruptive events have all but killed “just-in-time” manufacturing – companies look for new strategies to stay profitable in the face of these events…
4. Inventory is king once again and warehouse space has become an absolute essential in today’s economy
5. 350,000 manufacturing jobs (previously outsourced) have returned to U.S. soil this year – this is just the beginning.
Bob Fraser
Co-Founder • CFO
Mr. Fraser has 20+ years’ experience as a finance and technology executive and is a Magna Cum Laude U.C. Berkeley computer scientist and a former Entrepreneur of the Year Award winner. Fraser is responsible for financial management, portfolio modeling, as well as systems and processes, designing and deploying Aspen’s scalable state-of-the-art back-end platform.
In 1995, Mr. Fraser founded NetSales, Inc., a back-office e-commerce provider. As a CEO, Mr. Fraser raised $44 million in investment capital, and guided the company to an average of 20% month-to-month revenue growth, becoming the metro area’s fastest growing company between 1997 and 1999.
Since 2002 Fraser has founded and served several non-profit organizations as a board member and CFO. Fraser has also been involved in a number of entrepreneurial initiatives, including book publishing, financial consulting, and an investment fund managing member.
In 2012 Fraser co-founded Aspen Funds, a fund management company focused on alternative investments.
Ben Fraser
Managing Director • Chief Investment Officer
Prior to Aspen, Mr. Fraser was a commercial lender at First Business Bank specializing in government backed loan originations (SBA & USDA), for one of the top SBA lenders in the nation. Prior to that he was a commercial credit underwriter for Crossfirst Bank, personally responsible for underwriting over $125MM in C&I and CRE loans across a variety of industries.
Prior to that, he worked for Tortoise Capital Advisors, a boutique asset management firm in energy infrastructure investments, and helped grow their institutional managed accounts from ~$3BN AUM to ~$7BN AUM. Ben was responsible for responding to all institutional RFPs from interested institutional investors.
Ben completed his MBA from Azusa Pacific University, and his B.S. in Finance from the University of Kansas, graduating magna cum laude.