"It's the economy, stupid; the stupid economy..." Challenging, interesting times, of interest...

(Un)Conditionally***: I'm here to show you, share with you, free-of-charge, how you can successfully pull off showing interest and other-wise show you are worth being listened to, as in "You're pretty interesting...😑", no matter what the general economic conditions you find yourself in, whether you're in a time and place of...

Falling, fading, feigning: at least some of the "f" words associated with feeling that someone who was initially paying rapt attention to you, is growing a bit weary, with all your "all-about-me" talk...time to turn on a dime and deftly, with just a bit of social stealth, steer away from wealth, health..."so who do you think the home team is going to trade in the off-season...?" Yeah, it's good to avoid the BIG three of money, politics, religion, (usually listed in that order, which should be a matter of debate itself, if you ask me) in so-called "polite company" -- which usually means "in person" as the one the host seated next to you, not so much on what's still called "social" media...It's OK to ask about who they may trade while not asking what they, themselves, traded, the windfall they made, as in commodities...especially if you venture into discrete issues, like "inside" trading, which will quickly find you looking in as an "outsider" after (literally) being "shown the door" by what's now called a "bouncer" but in uppity settings a "butler"...and then there's the opposite type of table setting, when the economic, table of interest has been turned on you...

(Un)wanted: As in what to do, where to go with your investments in these times on raising of interest, especially times of uncontrolled inflation...as in an epidemic of "inflated, HUGE egos..." as when you find yourself face-to-face with a "narcissist!" (who, themselves, are probably looking right past you, just pretending to be interested, as in "pretentious"...at least a bit "disingenuous"...😎words for such occasions...) Or, cornered by someone who, starts with the giveaway, warning signal, "run-for-the-door" opener, "Do you want to hear something interesting...about how this economy conforms to the Black-Scholes Model, a mathematical equation that...blah, blah, blah...?"😒 You, yourself, can either feign interest ("basic head nod" via "Blue Man Group"), feign fainting, or practice what we psychologists call a "fading technique" which in this context can either be subtle or for those who seem to have "deaf ears" explicitly stated..."You're barking up the wrong tree..." Which, if UR in the presence of a true narcissist, won't really care, as long as it's a form of attention, as "it's all about them"... 

Risky Business: This interest rate stuff, rising and falling, in mixed company...BTW, "did ya' know, that the Black-Scholes model...assumes the market consists of at least one risky asset, usually called the stock, and one riskless 😕 asset, usually called the money market, cash, or bond........" 

What a turn-off! "Black holes, if you ask me, if you look at what this economy has done to my portfolio...I'm so done with this money talk, I'm outta' here...See Ya!" 

Give and take, come and gone: It's all a matter of interest, rates...which I'll finish with you if you'll just give me one last chance, glance, as in come back for some "clever come backs"! 

Yeah, Yeah, yeah, if it's not about the economy it's about the children...now we're talking risky business as in "If you listen to me talk about mine, I'll let you show me yours..." 

***this is not based on previous market performance and as in any other investment of time or resources you should do your own due diligence, check with your financial advisor.................