Welcome to the forum.  I can't say why we are moving up or sideways slowly but it can't be a bad thing at all.  This if anything should do good to attract more people looking to acquire Bitcoins.  There's been lots of good news that I don't think is priced into the value of BTC right now.  This is some interesting times for Bitcoin no matter how the price reacts in the short term.  I think these prices are fair for the time being.