Bigworld, >> the manipulation will cease to work <<
I wouldn't bet on that, it might happen if there's a black swan event, but what seems increasingly more likely is that the Fed will engineer a stable market with an upward bias, since that will allow them to keep raising interest rates according to schedule.
They have been desperate to normalize rates for years, and now they have their chance. So they'll keep the stock market juiced if it starts to flag off too much. You're even starting to see the mainstream media tout the 'underlying strength in the economy'. While that's mostly BS, they're doing their part to help the Fed achieve their goal of raising interest rates.
The media doesn't have to give credit to Trump, they can just say the good news is flow-over from the previous Obama policies. So it's BS on top of BS, but the net result will be what the Fed wants - a stable stock market with an upward bias that allows them to keep raising rates.
What could throw a wrench into it would be something like a big Chinese devaluation of the yuan as Rickards has discussesd. The time to go short would be when/if such a black swan event does occur. Otherwise the prudent strategy is to stay modestly long or just sit in cash and wait, while gradually adding to gold/silver positions.
