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Brian Scheur

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Brian is a 25 year old guy living in Washington, DC. In 2007 he received his masters in public policy from American University. He preceeded that dergree with a bachelors in marketing from Butler University (Indianapolis, IN).He has a full time career at a non-profit in the DC area. He also holds or has held additional jobs such as: pizza delivery guy, concierge, hockey scorekeeper, and professional blogger at My Next Buck.Brian spends his free time playing ice hockey, reading comic books, learning about ancient roman history (and thinking about how their political structure compared to ours).

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Saying “Suck It” To Personal Finance

By Brian Scheur on March 2nd 2010 in Personal Finance 21 comments

How will you know it’s the right time to throw caution to the wind? Well, I can’t tell you with absolute certainty. I will venture a guess that the timing will likely be a moment that will appear as quickly as it will fade, where you look back and say “why did I just blow that money?”

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Why Girls Don’t Talk To Me

By Brian Scheur on February 8th 2010 in Relationships 37 comments

I love personal finance. You won’t find me get more excited about many things in this world beyond talking personal finance with someone, a friend, a relative, or a complete stranger. The problem is, that topic is taboo to a great many people, especially during the first few interactions. In fact, I know a great [...]

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Saving Money While Supporting Your Sports Team

By Brian Scheur on January 25th 2010 in Personal Finance 8 comments

We can’t all be like Jaimee Grubbs (one of Tiger Woods’ alleged girlfriends) and show our support for our favorite athletes and sports teams by lying on our backs. Often times we need get up and spend money to show our support and to attend these events. Let me start off by saying, the personal [...]

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Toy Speculation: A New way of Investing

By Brian Scheur on January 12th 2010 in Personal Finance 16 comments

I was a child of the early 80’s and I remember growing up with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and G.I. Joe’s covering my bedroom floor. At $2.99 a pop, the average G.I. Joe provided hours of entertainment, usually culminating with my mother yelling at me to put them all away in my toy chest. I [...]

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