Let's say you won the lottery ...

[Hugo McBride]

How would you invest say $800k?

[...it is a smaller more winnable

 lottery ;) ...]

I often ask this question to friends to show them that one does not have to wait to learn and have a strategy. 

This time I'd like to ask the successful people in the group how they would invest that $800k. 

[Mike Dymski]

Take the family on vacation...and then buy one or two rental houses (for cash or low leverage) in a growing market where prices have dropped 10-20%.  Everyone has different goals; so, the strategy will vary accordingly.  Or, stick it in a US Treasury or a CD and get 5% risk free.