Wealth Without Wall Street: A Main Street Guide To Making Money
By Don McNay
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Wealth Without Wall Street: A Main Street Guide to Making Money gives Main Street Americans concrete ways to improve their finances and to reduce the power of Wall Street and Washington over their lives.
Written by award winning syndicated columnist and Huffington Post Contributor Don McNay, Wealth Without Wall Street is an easy to read book loaded with common sense advice.
Its call to action can be summed up in five steps:
1. Tear up your credit cards. Eliminate debt. Stay away from the "legalized loan sharks" such as payday lenders.
2. See if you have what it takes to be self-employed.
3. Get rich slowly. Think about money long term instead of week to week.
4. Move your money from a "too big to fail" Wall Street bank to a Main Street bank or credit union in your community.
5. "Think globally, act locally" is what Wealth Without Wall Street is all about.
By the end of the book, you'll have a road map for doing both.
Don McNay, CLU, ChFC, MSFS, CSSC
www.donmcnay.com
An award-winning syndicated financial columnist and Huffington Post contributor, McNay has appeared on numerous television and radio programs in the United States and Canada, including the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. He has been quoted in publications around the world, including USA Today and Forbes, Registered Representative, and Financial Planning magazines.
McNay is a Quarter Century Member of the Million Dollar Round Table and he has has four professional designations in the financial services field.
Advance Praise for Wealth Without Wall Street: A Main Street Guide to Making Money
“Don McNay is an original, provocative voice taking on all of those who would get rich off our ignorance and feelings of financial desperation.”
--Gary Rivlin, Newsweek/Daily Beast, author of BROKE, USA
“Don McNay understands money ... how to make it and, better yet, how to hang onto it. Read his book. It goes down easy, and it will do you a world of good.”
--Ed McClanahan, author of The Natural Man, Famous People I Have Known and other books
“At last, a road atlas to wealth for those of us who don’t like driving on Wall Street.”
--Byron Crawford, award-winning columnist, author, broadcaster, and member of the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame
“Don’s road map to financial security is a must-read for all Americans searching for practical, long-term solutions to debt reduction and elimination, entrepreneurship, and wealth-building minus the high-stakes gamesmanship of Wall Street.
--Renee Shaw, producer/host, Kentucky Educational Television
Don’ understands money, but his real strength is understanding people. He has real insight into what motivates the players and he explains it well to my audience. He’s one of my favorite guests.”
--Joe Elliott, Louisville, Kentucky; The Joe Elliott Show
“You don’t have to study the labor disputes in professional sports, or the politics in Washington for very long to see there’s a shortage of common sense. That’s exactly what I found when I started reading Don McNay’s columns several years ago. We brought him on our radio show to talk about financial issues in a way that connected with people more than someone looking to come up with a great sound bite.
-Tom Leach, award winning broadcaster
Don McNay
Don McNay, CLU, ChFC, MSFS, CSSC is the bestsellling author of the book Wealth Without Wall Street: A Main Street Guide to Making Money McNay is an award winning financial columnist and Huffington Post Contributor. He is the Chairman of the Board for the McNay Group (www.mcnay.com) which provides structured settlement consulting for injury victims, lottery winners, and the families of special needs children. McNay founded Kentucky Guardianship Administrators LLC, which assists attorneys in as conservators and setting up guardianship's. It is nationally recognized as an administrator of Qualified Settlement (468b) funds. McNay serves as a consultant for self employed people, is a well known public speaker and is an insurance consultant in the state of Kentucky. Don has appeared on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric and over 100 radio and television programs. He has been a weekly financial and political commentator for several radio stations. You can read more about Don at www.donmcnay.com . target="_hplink">www.mcnay.com McNay has Master's Degrees from Vanderbilt and the American College and is in the Eastern Kentucky University Hall of Distinguished Alumni. McNay is a Quarter Century member of the Million Dollar Round Table and has four professional designations in the financial services field.
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Wealth Without Wall Street - Don McNay
Wealth Without Wall Street
A Main Street Guide to Making Money
By Don McNay, CLU, ChFC, MSFS, CSSC, RRP International LLC
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Advanced Praise for Wealth Without Wall Street: A Main Street Guide to Making Money, by Don McNay
"Don McNay is an original, provocative voice taking on all of those who would get rich off our ignorance and feelings of financial desperation." -Gary Rivlin, Newsweek/Daily Beast, author of BROKE, USA
"Don McNay understands money ... how to make it and, better yet, how to hang onto it. Read his book. It goes down easy, and it will do you a world of good." -Ed McClanahan, author of The Natural Man, Famous People I Have Known and other books
"At last, a road atlas to wealth for those of us who don’t like driving on Wall Street." -Byron Crawford, award-winning columnist, author, broadcaster, and member of the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame
"Wealth Without Wall Street offers plainspoken advice from financial columnist and expert Don McNay. His guidebook is a wealth-building road map based on his long-time experience as a respected financial consultant." -Suzette Martinez Standring, syndicated columnist, GateHouse News Service
"In an age where journalism about money comes mainly from Wall Street and its environs, millions of Americans could benefit from a Main Street perspective, in which Don McNay specializes, and he does it in entertaining fashion." -Al Cross, director, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues; associate extension professor, School of Journalism and Telecommunications, University of Kentucky
"In his third book, financial wizard Don McNay has penned an operator’s manual to wealth creation in commonsense language and terms. Known for his simple, yet insightful, approach to money management, Don’s road map to financial security is a must-read for all Americans searching for practical, long-term solutions to debt reduction and elimination, entrepreneurship, and wealth-building minus the high-stakes gamesmanship of Wall Street. Through decades of toil in the structured settlement and insurance industry and profound commentary lent to countless columns for newspapers and on-line national publications, Don has earned a strong reputation as a prolific voice and thinker on money matters. His penchant for communicating complex ideas and principles with familiar musical limericks and Southern colloquialisms entertains and delights readers, and better yet, leaves them knowing more. Don’s latest work will not disappoint those looking for solid advice on banking their money and having more money to bank." -Renee Shaw, producer/host, Kentucky Educational Television
"I have known Don for 25 years and have enormous respect for his ability to find unique solutions to not only financial but other problems. We served on our association’s board of directors (NSSTA), and Don was a voice for sanity when we were dealing with difficult issues. (If only he were in Congress now.) I have enjoyed reading all his work, and this book is no exception." -Len Blonder, Los Angeles, California; two-time past president of the National Structured Settlement Trade Association
"Don McNay combines deep understanding of his subjects with straight-forward, clear writing and plain ol’ common sense to help all of us think more clearly about the big issues." -Judy Clabes, editor, KyForward.com; former editor, The Kentucky Post; member of the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame
"Don McNay has nailed it. In our changing economic climate this is a must-read. In a realistic way, he has taken a complicated subject and made it easy to understand." -Jim LaBarbara, member of the Radio/Television Broad¬casters Hall of Fame, author of The Music Professor, a Memoir
"Don understands money, but his real strength is understanding people. He has real insight into what motivates the players and he explains it well to my audience. He’s one of my favorite guests." -Joe Elliott, Louisville, Kentucky; The Joe Elliott Show
"You don’t have to study the labor disputes in professional sports, the misdeeds in college sports, or the politics in Washington for very long to see there’s a shortage of common sense. That’s exactly what I found when I started reading Don McNay’s columns several years ago. We brought him on our radio show at that time to talk about financial issues in a way that connected with people more than someone looking to come up with a great sound bite." -Tom Leach, radio host and two-time winner of the Eclipse Award for broadcasting excellence
"Don McNay explains Wall Street in a way that’s both relevant and readable. Don’t be intimidated by his ‘structured settlement consultant’ title. Reading Don’s work is like having a conversation with an old friend; an old friend who’s as proud of his rock n’ roll record collection as he is of his investment portfolio". -Samantha Swindler, publisher and editor, Tillamook Headlight-Herald, Tillamook, Oregon; winner of the 2010 Tom and Pat Gish Award for courage, integrity, and tenacity in rural journalism
"Thank goodness the characters in my books have never gone to Don McNay for financial advice. It’s nearly impossible to create conflict in characters who are prospering. Read Wealth Without Wall Street or you may end up in one of my novels." -Rick Robinson, 2010 Independent Author of the Year for the political thriller Manifest Destiny
"Don McNay doesn’t try to impress you with his knowledge; he cuts through all the Wall Street hyperbole and breaks it down into what matters most, dollars and ‘sense.’ His no-nonsense approach to money provides sensible, practical advice in a humorous fashion. He’s one of my favorite guests, and I always learn something new." -Neil Middleton, award-winning journalist, vice president of news WYMT-TV
"When Don McNay shares his remarkable experience and astute advice, as he does in Wealth Without Wall Street, you can take it to the bank-literally. And