The best money advice that I ever got was boring — and life-changing

Don’t Short Yourself — MarketWatch’s new weekly newsletter that offers smart tips to help you earn, stack and grow your money. - The first piece of bona fide financial advice that I recall receiving after I graduated high school wasn’t a rip-roaring stock pick or a clever way to beat the S&P 500 SPX year after year. It was incredibly simple. In fact, its sheer simplicity made it impossible to forget. So, when I landed my first legit job out of college, I set up my company-sponsored retirement account, fu ...