Michael Nelson
Advisor at Empower Advisory Group — Prior Lake, MN
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Credentials
Series 63, Series 66
Experience Industry experience
22 years
Location
Prior Lake, MN
Empower Advisory Group
Enterprise
Michael Nelson is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has previously worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities, E*Trade from Morgan Stanley, Fidelity Investments, Sandvold Financial Group, Wells Fargo Bank, and Scottrade. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management services primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and their participants, along with Empower Premier IRA and certain retail brokerage clients. The firm’s approach integrates proprietary and third-party methodologies to produce point-in-time financial plans and offers managed account solutions within a model connected to Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.
Based on Empower Advisory Group
Based on Empower Advisory Group
One-time fees: $199, $299, $399, or $499 depending on enrollment and plan; Monthly subscription fees: $15 or $29 depending on enrollment
Monthly subscription fees of $15 or $29 depending on enrollment; One-time fees as noted above
Prior Lake, MN
Prior Lake MN
Advisors at this office
1
Minnesota
22 years of industry experience
Empower Advisory Group
2026 - Present • 1 year
Greenwood Village, CO
Empower Financial Services, inc
2026 - Present • 1 year
Greenwood Village, CO
JPMorgan Chase BAnk, N.A.
2024 - 2026 • 2 years
Chanhassen, MN
J.P. Morgan Securities
2024 - 2026 • 2 years
Chanhassen, MN
E*Trade from Morgan Stanley
2021 - 2024 • 3 years
Bloomington, MN
FIDELITY INVESTMENTs
2021 - 2021 • 1 year
Westlake, TX
Sandvold Financial Group
2019 - 2021 • 2 years
Minnetonka, MN
Unemployed
2018 - 2019 • 1 year
Coon Rapids, MN
Wells FArgo Bank NA
2018 - 2018 • 1 year
Mound, MN
Unemployed
2018 - 2018 • 1 year
Coon Rapids, MN
Scottrade, inc.
2008 - 2018 • 10 years
Blaine, MN
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