From the May 2013 issue of Futures Magazine • Subscribe!  10
pearls of wisdom for trading metals    1. Do your homework    2.
Look to the (far) East    3. Business as usual in the United
States and Europe    4. Politics in the U.S. and Eurozone  Just
as economic reports can have an effect on markets, political
actions and statements can move markets. Gero gave the example
of Group of Seven (G7) and Group of 20 (G20) meetings as having
the potential to move markets, especially because currency
exchange rates have become an important topic at those meetings.
Although he says nothing of significance has come out of those
meetings lately, the potential to impact markets remains.  In
addition to scheduled political events like the G7 and G20
meetings, Gero also says it is important to keep your ear to the
ground for any unexpected political events, such as last year’s
Arab Spring or the sovereign debt crisis that continues to wrack
Europe.  To keep track of these sorts of events, Gero says he
constantly is scannin