Video of What To Do When You Win the Lottery

Don McNay, 01.05.2010

Award-winning financial columnist, author, commentator and personal finance guru.

This video of Greg Stotelmyer of ABC36 in Lexington, Ky interviewing Don McNay, author of Son of a Son of a Gambler: What To Do When You Win The Lo...

How to Predict the Winner of the Superbowl From Your Couch

Laura Day, 01.04.2010

Bestselling author

Although it is my family's habit to avoid watching all sports other than dinner table arguments, many of my readers have asked me how to use intuitive skills to pick the winners of athletic events.

Advice for the Unknown Lottery Winner

Don McNay, 12.28.2009

Award-winning financial columnist, author, commentator and personal finance guru.

After having overcome trillion-to-one odds, the idea of running through the money would seem silly to most winners. However, studies shows that 90% of people blow all their money within five years of winning the jackpot.

Christmas and the Plight of Problem Gamblers

Don McNay, 12.23.2009

Award-winning financial columnist, author, commentator and personal finance guru.

The games that have been legalized market to those on the "wrong side of the economic table." There have been few, if any, moves by states to monitor the losing of their lottery customers.

What Recession? Full Spend Ahead!

Lita Smith-Mines, 12.22.2009

Attorney and Editor in Chief, Boating Times Long Island

As the ability to charge-now, refinance-later vanished when most homeowners' equity evaporated, I hoped the chronic consumer had also become extinct.

Gambler Loses $127 million in Vegas

Don McNay, 12.18.2009

Award-winning financial columnist, author, commentator and personal finance guru.

Beautiful loser Where you gonna fall? When you realize You just can't have it all -Bob Seger In casino circles, the name they use to refer to p...

Why Obama Won't Do What's Needed to Deal With the Mortgage Crisis

David Fiderer, 12.02.2009

Banker/Writer

In places like Phoenix, 54% of homeowners with mortgages have negative equity. That's about half a million underwater mortgages, more than the combined totals in Texas and New York state, where 10 times as many people live.

Oops! I Ruined Your Life! When Innovation Hurts

Ben Mangan, 12.01.2009

One night when I was in junior high, my recently retired stepfather was innovating in the kitchen. He was a burgeoning cook, with lots of time on his ...

Washington: Totally Disconnected From Main Street

Don McNay, 11.24.2009

Award-winning financial columnist, author, commentator and personal finance guru.

Operating a business on Main Street is a lot different than lecturing at the Harvard Economic Club. The team Obama surrounded himself with has spent way more time in a faculty lounge than in the corner barber shop.

Now Is Not the Time To Stop Using Your Credit

Jeanne Kelly, 11.18.2009

Founder, The Kelly Group

Credit is sort of like a healthy body. You've got to use it to have it and you've got to use it well and on an on-going basis to have it be stellar.

How BudgetPulse Helps You Budget Online

Ari Herzog, 11.17.2009

Online Media Strategist & City Councilor

As we struggle to make ends meet in tough economic times, there are many well-written blogs that focus on personal development and budgeting. Recomme...

Lottery Winners and Lottery Losers

Don McNay, 11.15.2009

Award-winning financial columnist, author, commentator and personal finance guru.

This is a link to an interview I did with Mark Kelley on his prime time CBC show about the pitfalls that lottery winners and others who receive big money have to deal with.

Celebrity Money Meltdowns

Manisha Thakor , 11.06.2009

Author / Speaker / Financial Literacy Advocate

Tough economic times have tested the vast majority of Americans -- and that includes celebrities.

2010: The Year Main Street Sticks It to Wall Street and Washington

Don McNay, 10.27.2009

Award-winning financial columnist, author, commentator and personal finance guru.

If anyone has ever dreamed of being an office holder, 2010 is the year to do it. There are going to be several situations where voters elect a complete unknown, just to express their anger about the incumbent.

Real Investing Vs. The "Pinky Ring"

Ryan Mack, 10.22.2009

Economic commentator

There's a reason you never see the millionaires in this country riding around flossin' on 20-inch rims. They are so busy making money that they don't have time to worry about their self image.

Just Say "No" to Adult Children Wanting Money

Don McNay, 10.20.2009

Award-winning financial columnist, author, commentator and personal finance guru.

You are not doing your children any favors by not allowing them to grow up. I'm OK with parents helping children through college (in four years, not forty), but after that they are on their own.

Should Every Baby Have a Bank Account?

Rohit Chopra, 10.20.2009

Those without bank accounts can't get personalized checks. They also can't pass a credit check needed to rent an apartment or get a car loan. Reform is needed to help these working poor.

The Credit Card Act of 2009: Five Ways It Will Affect You

Manisha Thakor , 10.19.2009

Author / Speaker / Financial Literacy Advocate

Thanks to the Credit Card Act of 2009, relief from credit card debt is on its way. Come February 22, 2010 there will be new consumer protections put in place. This legislation has something for everyone.

What Happy Working Mothers Know

Manisha Thakor , 10.14.2009

Author / Speaker / Financial Literacy Advocate

Newly released Census data has once again brought the question of women, work, happiness and the issue of "opting-out" into the limelight. Given my f...

Prizing Peace

Gangaji, 10.14.2009

Author, DIAMOND IN YOUR POCKET

The emanation of peace by any one person is a boon to us all. When that person is the leader of the most powerful and sometimes the most dangerous nation in the world, that boon is magnified exponentially.

It's Time to Teach Children About Money

Don McNay, 10.12.2009

Award-winning financial columnist, author, commentator and personal finance guru.

I'm convinced that most of the mistakes made handling money result from lack of information and bad habits formed in childhood.