Mike Winters is a money reporter at CNBC Make It. He previously covered personal finance topics for Lifehacker. Mike has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, where he was born and raised. You can follow him on Twitter at @MikeWintrs.
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