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Mike Brown

Mike Brown uses data from surveys and publicly-available resources to identify emerging personal finance trends and tell unique stories. Mike’s work, featured in outlets like the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, provides consumers with a personal finance measuring stick to make informed financial decisions.

About Mike Brown

Current Role

Personal finance reporter

Degrees

  • Bachelor's degree in history and political science from the University of Delaware

Latest from Mike Brown

Best Cities for First Time Homebuyers

Buying your first home can be an incredibly exciting time, but it can also be a stressful process that creates serious long term...

Best Mobile Payment Apps – Survey & Report

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Music & Millennials

Although vinyl records are making a comeback amongst trendy millennials and nostalgic baby boomers, their days of mainstream popularity are long over. To...

U.S. Cities With the Highest and Lowest Student Debt Balances

Ever increasingly, college students are mired by student debt long after receiving their diplomas. For...

Netflix & Millennials: Viewers, Not Subscribers

Starting as a DVD sales and rental company in 1997 and then introducing their streaming...

Bumble for Dating? Tinder for Hookups? Now We Know Where to Swipe.

Our blog post found that most Tinder users are not looking for relationships. We found that...

Millennials: Instagram the Most Narcissistic Social Media Platform

With just a few filters, a little saturation, and a clever caption, social media can...

Is Tinder a Match for Millennials?

There used to be a time when online dating was stigmatized as a last ditch effort from lonely, socially awkward people seeking romance,...

More than Half of Millennials Prioritize Snapchat Over Other Social Media Platforms

Which social media notification do you check first? We found that millennials are checking Snapchat before...

Best Cities for Building Wealth

Many young careers are focused around this central question: What must I do to begin adding zeroes to my bank account? Getting a...