​For anyone unfamiliar with the old, sometimes annoying, Christmas song, "The Twelve Days Of Christmas," which enumerates all kinds of delights, the break in it occurs when the musical chanting slows down and one of the baubles described is "five golden rin

​Much of the U.S. has been pummeled by a winter storm, cold weather, snarled travel. Northern Europe is getting it, too, but even worse.

Gold moved up today, taking back a decent chunk of yesterday's decline, mostly on what traders saw as bargain-basement prices and a slightly softer dollar.The trade seems to have been - at least as the day began - to sell dollars and buy gold or silver.Now