| Note: This blog was originally posted in 2019. It has been updated with 2020 tax changes. |
With December being the most charitable month of the year, we thought it timely to dive into the topic of...
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One Thing After Another
- April 15, 2021
Do you remember what the widely publicized financial market concern was before the COVID-19 pandemic began? Neither did I until I looked it up.
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December 10th, 2020
Maximize Your Charitable Giving Strategies
December 7th, 2020
A Time for Giving: A Quick Guide to the Matching Program for 3M Employees
Despite the unusual circumstances that have marked 2020, the holidays continue to be a time to take stock of the blessings in our lives. It is also a time when we begin to think about supporting non-profit...
November 30th, 2020
How to Optimize Your 3M LTIP
It’s that time of year again! The time of year when you get to decide the mix between Stock Options and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) you receive for your Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP). While this has been an...
November 20th, 2020
3M Deferred Compensation Plans
It is time to decide on your 3M Deferred Compensation. This may be the first time you are eligible to participate or you may have been making this decision for years. If you are not eligible yet, you might be...
November 8th, 2020
Post Election Perspective on Markets
A lot has happened so far in 2020. You can say that for every year, but 2020 took it to a new level with the COVID-19 pandemic and associated upheavals to our lives and financial markets. Add to that a...
October 29th, 2020
5 Essential Estate Planning Documents
Whether you have been with PrairieView for a few months or 10 years, you probably know we take a comprehensive approach. We look at your whole financial picture —investments, tax, education funding, insurance,...
7 Questions 3M Employees Need to Answer
For over 20 years, we’ve helped 3M professionals achieve their financial goals.
We start by helping them answer these key questions.
October 15th, 2020
3 Investment Questions You Might Be Wondering and How to (or not) Respond
Last weekend I was listening to a podcast where the host was interviewing an investment manager from a large Wall Street investment firm. The manager was touting the success of his pre-2020 prediction that...
October 8th, 2020
How to Ace 3M Open Enrollment
It is that time of year again. Pumpkin spice, apple orchards, haunted houses, football, and…3M open enrollment! Well, maybe open enrollment did not make your Top 5 List, but it began on October 7th and closes...
October 1st, 2020
Update: CARES Act Student Loan Provisions Extended
As previously discussed in a blog post, the April passage of the CARES Act contained several provisions for Federally held student loans. Most notably, the Act provided a suspension of all payments and stoppage...
September 24th, 2020
5 Ways to Prepare for This Year’s Taxes
Finding yourself with some downtime at home and don’t want to binge another Netflix show? Make the most of it! Here are five basic things you can think about in preparation for this year’s taxes.
September 10th, 2020
3 Important Investment Lessons for Today
You probably don’t need me to remind you that it’s been about six months since the new Covid-sponsored reality has taken hold. But maybe it is worth pausing to reflect and wonder aloud, “has it really been that...
August 27th, 2020
Is It International’s Time to Shine?
January 2020
Flash back to January 2020. The U.S. economy was booming. Unemployment stood at 3.6%. The stock market was on a record 10 year run in which the S&P 500 had outperformed its international developed...