Bob and Ben recap the biggest insights from our 2026 Economic Outlook and Macro Forecast presentations, featuring perspectives from Belinda Román, John Chang, and Jay Parsons. They cover GDP growth expectations, potential Fed rate cuts, housing market trends, and real Estate investment signals — plus why investor sentiment may matter more than the data in the near term.
A fast, data-driven snapshot of the 2026 Economy, rates, and real estate outlook.
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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.
