Fidelity's research suggests market-timing mistakes can be very costly - especially being out of shares at the wrong time.
But this coincidence of timing fed a mistaken inversion of causation among the sympathetic British public – secession allowed the tariff to pass, but many in Britain thought that the tariff had come first, and so incensed the Southern states that they left the union.
Video recordings of the participants using the technique were made so that information regarding the timings and possible mistakes could be observed.
And make no mistake: timing is critical.
The first few times a pair of peacock gudgeons spawns, they may make mistakes in timing or not caring for the eggs.
Through a quirk of timing, the candidate, Christopher Marshall Mr. Fienness), mistakes her for a well-off guest at the hotel.
The bigger reason, however, is that Mr Heston's script, for all his recent mistakes of timing and delivery, is one that cannot be dismissed out of hand.
Dismissing the argument that the vote's timing had been a mistake, Mr. Engel said: "I don't think our sanctions need to go on the political clock.
At some point, the early slide will become routine, and making a mistake on timing will be seen as absent minded as forgetting the infield fly rule, an embarrassment for the perpetrator.
Tesco may make few mistakes, but the timing and execution of this transition are crucial.
