The Table with Anthony ONeal

You got a raise — so why does your bank account look the same six months later? 1 in 5 households earning $150,000+ are still living paycheck to paycheck. In this episode, I show you exactly why raises disappear, using a real family's story of an $8,000 raise that vanished without one big mistake — just a hundred small ones. Get my book, Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck: anthonyoneal.com/book...

Where you live could be hurting your ability to build wealth. In this episode of The Table with Anthony O'Neal , Anthony breaks down CNBC's 2026 rankings of the 10 worst states to live in if you want to get ahead financially . But this isn't just another countdown. He explains why financial freedom is about more than your income and how factors like healthcare, childcare, crime, worker...

77% of households couldn't survive one late paycheck. If that number scares you even a little, this episode is for you. Today on The Table, Anthony O'Neal breaks down why decent, hardworking people making real money still feel trapped paycheck to paycheck, and walks you through the exact 10-minute exercise to find out how many days you could actually survive if your income stopped tomorrow...

At 19, I was homeless with $35,000 in debt and no one in my family who knew how to build wealth. Today, I'm giving you the exact 6-step plan that changed everything. This isn't about making more money — it's about mastering the system most people never learn. In this episode, I break down the mindset shift, the budgeting method, the debt-elimination strategy, and the investing principl...

A Gen Z creator went viral saying she won't take financial advice from anyone born before 1990. Millions of people sent me this video expecting me to go after her. Instead, I'm doing something different. I'm telling you what she got right, what she got wrong, and why 124 trillion dollars is about to change hands between generations, and most people are not ready to catch it. This is no...

Your bank is making money off of you right now — and you don't even know it. While your savings account sits there earning almost nothing, the bank is lending out your money and earning 7, 8, 9 percent. Meanwhile, you're getting paid pennies and told to be grateful. Today I'm breaking down exactly why the average traditional savings account is failing you, what a high-yield savings acc...

On $55K a year, your first money move isn't a bigger paycheck. It's fixing the leak that's already there. In this episode, Anthony breaks down a sermon he gave at Union Church using the FAITH framework, showing why so many hardworking, faithful people stay broke even while praying, believing, and quoting scripture. If you're living on an average income and tired of your money disap...

If you are making more money than ever but still feel broke, this video is for you. Anthony breaks down the 7 unspoken money rules that were passed down to you without your permission and shows you exactly how to break them starting with your next $200. Most people are not bad with money. They were just handed a broken code. Today we name it, we claim it, and we change it. IN THIS VIDEO: 00:00 Why...

Most people hear "$1.46 million" and give up before they even start. That number just went up $200,000 in ONE year — and it's stealing your hope before you even try. But here's the truth: you don't need that number. You need a plan. In this episode, I'm breaking down exactly what to do — no matter your age, your income, or how far behind you feel. Whether you're 25 or 5...

She was 28 years old, making $72,000 a year, current on every single bill — and she sat across from me and cried. Not because she was broke. Because she did everything right and had nothing to show for it. No savings. No investments. Just a pile of payments that felt like chains. That moment changed how I talk about money forever. The truth is — most of us are following a blueprint that was never...

At 23, I bought a car I couldn't afford to impress people who don't even call me anymore. When I add up the payments, the insurance, the interest, and the opportunity cost of what that money could have become — that one decision cost me close to $200,000. Not in cash. In wealth I never built. And that car was just the beginning. The apartment. The clothes. The trips. The dinners. Every dol...

Are you 40, feeling behind, and wondering if it's too late to start over financially? It's not. Here's exactly what I would do — step by step. In this video, I'm breaking down the real plan I would follow if I was 40 years old starting from zero in 2026. No theory. No fluff. Just a honest, step-by-step system built for the person who feels like life got ahead of them — but refuses...

I taught debt freedom for 15 years. I was wrong about one thing. Getting out of debt is not the finish line. It never was. I sat in my apartment — 100% debt free for the first time in my adult life — and felt completely lost. No wealth plan. No investment strategy. No legacy framework. Just zero debt and zero direction. Nobody taught me what came next. Not my school. Not my family. Not the financi...

55% of Americans say they're getting poorer. That's the highest number Gallup has recorded since 2001 — higher than the pandemic, higher than 2008. But 45% aren't. In this episode, I'm breaking down the 5 things separating the people quietly building wealth from the people quietly drowning in 2026. This isn't theory. This is the exact framework I used to go from broke and livin...

About half of my college students shouldn't even be in my classroom. I say that as a professor at an HBCU — not from a cheap seat, but from the front of the classroom. Here's the truth nobody wants to say out loud: a 4-year degree is NOT the right path for every single person. Some of y'all are walking out with $40,000 in student loan debt for a path that was never built for who you ar...

On this episode of The Table with Anthony ONeal, George Kamel joins us to share insights from his transformative new book, Breaking Free From Broke. George reveals his journey to becoming debt-free, offering a powerful example of how an everyday person on an average salary can achieve financial independence. By following this path, George became a net worth millionaire, demonstrating that true fin...

If you're the first person in your family to save $1,000 — stop everything and watch this. Most financial advice skips the most important step. Not because it's complicated. Because it was never written with OUR community in mind. In this video I'm breaking down 5 moves — in order — that turn your first $1,000 into the beginning of generational wealth. These aren't generic tips. Th...

Everyone is talking about SpaceX. But nobody is telling you the truth about what to do next. In this episode, I sit down with investor and financial educator  @Courtney-Hale  to break down exactly what happened with the SpaceX IPO, why you should NOT buy it right now, and the 3 ETFs that let everyday people invest in private companies BEFORE they go public. If you've been feeling like you miss...

You've been doing everything right. Good job. Paying bills. Staying out of debt. And still — something doesn't add up. That's not an accident. In this video, I'm breaking down the 5 real differences between people who build wealth and people who work hard their entire life and have nothing to show for it. And I'm going to tell you something nobody in finance wants to say out lo...

I went from $6.32 in my bank account at 25 years old to a net worth millionaire — and in this video, I'm giving you the 6 things that changed everything. No theory. No Wall Street talk. Just the cookie jar on the bottom shelf truth that nobody taught us about money. If you're tired of living paycheck to paycheck, drowning in debt, or watching your money sit in a savings account that's...

Anthony O'Neal went from sleeping in his car and cutting a cheeseburger in half to make it last, to becoming a net worth millionaire who closed on the biggest home of his life. The difference was never income. It was one belief he had to break, and three shifts that changed everything. In this episode you will learn: - Why income does not fix poor money behavior (even 20% of households making...

Family, if you're tired of living paycheck to paycheck heading into 2026, this video is going to change your life. I'm breaking down the 8 things our community needs to STOP buying right now if we want to build real wealth, get out of debt, and break generational cycles for good. These aren't generic financial tips. This is real talk for real families — covering everything from TikTok...

In this video, I'm breaking down the EXACT 3 ETFs you need to build real, lasting wealth — even if you only have $5 to start. No picking stocks. No watching CNBC. No finance degree required. I'm pulling back the curtain on what wealthy people have been doing for decades (and never told us about), plus the ONE mistake quietly costing investors thousands of dollars every year. By the end of...

Every generation gets one shot. One shift that separates the families who build generational wealth from the families who watch it happen from the sidelines. Your parents' generation had the housing boom. The next had the internet. Right now, we are standing at the very beginning of the AI revolution, and here is the hard truth: only the people who are positioned get to take advantage of it. I...

Stop wasting your paycheck. Buy these 10 things FIRST before 2026. Friday hits, the deposit lands, and by Monday it's gone. Sound familiar? In this video, I break down the exact 10 purchases wealthy people make before anything else — the ones that separate them from the 78% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck. *Get started with Plus500! Practice with a FREE demo account or kickstart your...