usually I'm happy about accumulating at times like this but as you say it could take several months and we could still see a drift down. I suspect eventually gold will be the first to lead us up. Funny, there was one of those forcasts at the start of the year precdicting this very senario... i wish I could remember who it was by so I could reread it. Basically said that even the will of the strongest bulls will be tested and the US dollar would surprise to the upside, maybe even further than it has already.