I'm actually doing a similar thing with my boss. Whenever I come to her office to ask about something, she's too busy to talk to me and give me a straight answer...So I started to call her instead, because I had noticed that when on the phone, she actually listens to what I'm saying and generally pays attention.
My stocks is a sprinter but died out at 400 meters, I eventually lost most of my money hoping it can run at least 1 more mile! So marathons out of the question