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In Defense of Boring and Other Supposed Teaching Taboos

Credit: iStock.com/skynesher
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PNC Bank recently rolled out a national ad campaign touting the virtues of boring money management. Rather than chasing after high-risk cryptocurrencies or the latest meme stock, the commercial posits that unexciting is the key to financial security. The philosophy is captured in the bank’s stated goal to be “brilliantly boring.”

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