Yesterday and today there was a lot of nibbling around the edges in gold and silver.

Today gold rose modestly, slowly and steadily, early in the day before settling back, holding on to a roughly $5.00 gain into afternoon trading.

You don't tug on superman's cape...
- Jim Croce, from "You Don't Mess Around With Jim"

Or should we say, "don't fight the feelin'?" There are a lot of ways to look at what now looks like the inevitability in gold's falling prices.