Friday Round-Up: Holiday Windfall Edition

The holidays can put a crimp in one’s budget, but it’s millennials who spend the most according to a YouGov survey. Baby Boomers are the least generous (most frugal?) according to the article on The Fool.

If you’re one of the employees of Maryland-based real estate company St. John’s Properties, you have a lot to celebrate this year in the form of a $10 million bonus distributed among 198 workers. In addition, this bonus is on top of the company’s annual year-end bonus and averages $50,000.

Friday the 13th might prove to be extremely lucky should someone win the $340 million jackpot in the Mega Millions lottery. This CNBC post has tips on how to protect your privacy and winnings should fortune smile upon you.

How would you like to wake up one day and discover you’re a multi-millionaire? It happened to a Texas woman whose bank accidentally added $37 million to her account. Although the mistake was reversed due to the woman’s honesty in contacting the bank to see what was up, for a brief moment in time she could claim to be part of the “1%.”

Although mistaken bank transfers, life-changing bonuses or lottery winnings aren’t in the cards for most of us, Money Talks News lists 7 Ways to create your own windfall in tracking down money owed to you.

Have a great weekend!

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