The study of the past doesn't yield unalterable laws that allow one to predict the future with the same certainty that a physicist can chart the trajectory and velocity of a falling object.
As the below chart illustrates, M2 Velocity resumed its downward trajectory about six months ago after recovering a little from the 2008 financial crisis.
If you were to chart this fund, you would see a very nice upward steady upward trajectory because of the different approach that each manager has to the market, the flexibility that each has.