You are mixing things up. One is a set of stocks. The other is commodity. I think you will understand winning streaks if you play roulette. On share investment I do have good holdings that helped me take early retirement. Commodities, I may stop playing if the returns are slowing. As simple as that. I bought home and two cars with zero loans. All funded by share sales. I postponed my consumption. It is as simple as that. In my country, I can show you a stock that delivered 500X in 20 years, another one delivered 250X in 16 years. There are many which delivered 10X in my portfolio which is now 15 years old. With time, investors who analyze fundamentals make money. I don't know about US share market and I don't know about ET investors. All I see on ET is just arguments most of the time. I do know about numerous friends and relatives who sold shares to buy homes without loan and who funded children's education in a similar fashion.