It would be a combination of timing, diligence and luck. Some times are better then others, some investments are better then others regardless of time and some things are unpredictable.
Note, timing is a dangerous justification to avoid serendipity.
This "Time" will boom.
A good little laugh I had recently was an interesting editorial put out by the WSJ. They were talking about contrarian economics and how some large fund managers study booms/busts by media sentiment and bet against it. Then tongue and cheek they spoke about property being...