This Isn't Business as Usual By Helene Meisler About this article: I sit on the board of a non-profit organization and somehow I also sit on the finance committee (they thought I knew what I was doing!). Earlier this week we met with our investment advisers and I walked out of the meeting in a state of shock. We in the organization do not make the investment decisions. We just work the budget and make sure there are no shenanigans going on. These investment advisers have done a fine job for the organization over the past several years but their mantra at the meeting was basically business as usual. Their thinking was why change the plan midstream because it's been working so well and recent woes are just a bump in the road. A bump in the road? I had to contain myself, especially since we met with these folks a year ago and I quietly suggested they... Or, call us at 1-866-321-TSCM (8726) Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET. Outside the U.S. and in Canada, call 1-212-321-5200. More Stories From RealMoney Durable Goods Up Move Down the Tech Food Chain Jobless Claims Still High Bulls' Tenacity Is the Big Question Mark Should You Buy It? Pharmaceutical Product Development Bad News Trumps All Support for Banks Holds, For Now Bummer, Yields Are on the Rise Money on the Line Makes a Big Difference Structured Products: Unsafe at Any Price MORE STORIES FROM REALMONEY

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