These things you bring up are not even conspiracy there just basic economic cycles, it only seems distorted because of social engineering and mainstream propaganda.
Armstrong has on numerous occasions refuted the manipulation theory. Sorry even Goldman Sachs can't control the public opinion here in this thread with paid sockpuppet trolls. The entropy of the universe is unbounded.
Let's be honest here the only real investments in investing is never 100%, anything 99% and below is just based on *faith/luck/etc* and can never be proven that is unless you are an insider.
I'm just disappointed instead of spending your time here you just don't short the S&P and get rich based on the information you possess, then network and mentor down with systems invested with that money instead of doing it alone.
MA has not predicted a continuous decline in the S&P (or anything), nor a continuous rise in anything. Markets zigzag and shorting expires. You seem to not comprehend some basic facts about trading.
And sloanf also forgets there are shorter-term cycles superimposed on longer-term cycles.