Prairie Wealth Advisors, Inc.

10/14/2026

A mother in California picked up the phone and heard her daughter's voice, panicked, saying she'd been kidnapped and needed money immediately.

What she'd heard wasn't her daughter. It was an AI-generated clone of her voice.

In a 2025 study, scientists found that when people heard a cloned voice, they correctly identified the voice as AI-generated only about 60 percent of the time.

The FBI attributed more than $890 million in 2025 losses to AI-enabled fraud, and voice cloning is one of the main drivers behind that number.

It is not only older adults being targeted. Younger family members get these calls too, often framed as a sibling or friend in trouble. Older adults just tend to lose the most per incident.

Two ways to protect your family.

🔐 Agree on a private code word or question with the people a scammer is most likely to impersonate (kids, parents, spouse)

📞 If a call like this comes in and you have not set up a code word yet, hang up, then call the real person back

When in doubt, slow down and verify.

10/09/2026

Help us wish a very happy birthday to Mitch Parker! You always show up with the biggest smile. We hope you have a great day. The delicious sweet treat made by Brooke Wimes 😄

10/07/2026

We are very pleased to announce that Colin Longacre has joined our team as an Associate Advisor, bringing 10 years of wealth management experience from his previous tenure at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Omaha, Nebraska. What drives him is simple: helping clients turn their financial goals into reality while building relationships rooted in trust that last well beyond the first meeting.
Colin earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Nebraska Omaha, specializing in investment management, as well as bachelor's degrees in Biology and History from Saint Louis University. He is a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) and a Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®), and he holds FINRA Series 7 and 66 licenses.
When he is not working with clients, Colin enjoys spending time with friends and family, cheering on the Huskers at football games, golfing, traveling, and fishing. Welcome to the team, Colin!

10/07/2026

There's a reason so many women business owners half-joke that their real title is "everything."

More women than ever are starting and running businesses, and they're doing it at a faster clip than the market overall.

Census data show women now own more than 14 million businesses nationwide, a number that's grown 26 percent since 2012, compared with 19 percent growth for businesses as a whole.

A lot of that growth is happening online, where women-owned businesses tend to be more digitally integrated than those owned by men.

It also means millions of women are managing key decisions from scratch:

💼 How income gets paid (salary, distributions, or owner draws) and what that means at budget time

💼 Which retirement vehicle fits, and how much room there is to contribute

💼 How healthcare, disability, and other insurance get sourced without an employer default

💼 How the business gets valued, and what a sale or transition would actually look like

💼 How personal finances stay untangled from the business's finances

Wearing a tall stack of hats doesn't make entrepreneurship harder than it's worth. Plenty of women running these businesses would say the trade-offs are part of the deal. But it does mean the hats keep stacking up, one on top of the other.

This month is a good time to tip our own hats to the women doing it all at once.

10/05/2026

Prairie Wealth Advisors is excited to cohost this with Matt Talbot Kitchen and Outreach. Stop by if you can!Details below.
Go Big Red!!! Timothy McEwen Craig Hundt Sr.

Before the Huskers take on Indiana, join Matt Talbot and some legendary former Huskers for a special Huskers Helping the Homeless 30th Anniversary tailgate!

The Ticket | Downtown Lincoln

Saturday, October 10 | 8–10 a.m.

Hosted by Prairie Wealth Advisors, Inc.

Come get game-day ready with refreshments, celebrate 30 years of a community coming together to support our neighbors experiencing homelessness, and meet former Husker athletes Grant Wistrom, Jason Peter, De’Mornay Pierson-El, Jay Foreman and Adam Carriker!

Whether you’ve been part of this event for decades or this is your first year, we’d love to see you there!

One Team. One Community. 30 Years Strong.

GO BIG RED!

10/05/2026

Thursday was a muddy but fun day for A.J., Caleb, and the team as they participated in NUCA of Nebraska’s clay shoot at Oak Creek Sporting Club! We’re always happy to partner with and sponsor NUCA events. Thanks for having us!

10/01/2026

What investment themes could shape the next 5-10 years?
Prairie Wealth Advisors’ Chief Investment Officer, Mike Finnegan, recently shared his perspective with Steve Garmhausen of Barron’s Advisor on the niche ETFs he’s watching across several emerging secular trends, including AI infrastructure, GLP-1 drugs and blockchain technology.
Rather than trying to identify individual winners, Mike discusses the appeal of investing in the infrastructure and technologies behind major shifts in the economy.

You can read the full article below.

What investment themes could shape the next 5-10 years? Prairie Wealth Advisors’ Chief Investment Officer, Mike Finnegan, recently shared his perspective with Steve Garmhausen of Barron’s Advisor on the niche ETFs he’s watching across several emerging secular trends, including AI infrastructur...

09/30/2026

🏢 Warren Buffett has stepped down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, marking the end of another chapter in one of the most closely watched leadership transitions in corporate America.

His son, Howard Buffett, has assumed the role of chairman, while Greg Abel continues as CEO. Warren Buffett will remain on Berkshire’s board as chairman emeritus and continue offering his perspective to the company.

The change completes a succession process that has been years in the making. Howard Buffett has served on Berkshire’s board for more than three decades, while Abel took over as CEO earlier this year.

📌 For Berkshire, the transition now shifts attention to how the company preserves its culture and long-term approach to running the business while operating under a new generation of leadership.

The legendary investor, whose son Howard succeeds him as chairman, will remain on the board and become chairman emeritus.

09/29/2026

Interesting read on the world's first billionaire. Fun fact: He carried a pocketful of shiny new dimes to hand out to children and strangers. He reportedly gave away $35,000 in dimes.

On September 29, 1916, newspapers reported that John D. Rockefeller had become the world’s first billionaire.

09/28/2026

I was out sick recently and didn’t get to do a birthday post for Craig Hundt Sr. the founder of Prairie Wealth Advisors! Happy belated birthday and cheers to many more 🎉