The airline industry is facing a major crisis.

The price of fuel now makes up 35 percent of airline costs compared with 13 percent a decade ago. Capital and Crisis editor Chris Mayer says if oil prices stay where they are and nothing else changes, the airline industry will lose about $6 billion this year, compared with a profit of $5.6 billion last year.

This creates a great ‘hidden’ opportunity for investors. More fuel-efficient engines will require the use of exotic metals that can cope with higher-then-normal engine temperatures - metals like cobalt…

Palladium is looking like it might break out of its horizontal trading pattern and follow gold and silver prices higher. If this heappens, says Jeff Clark, then the biggest gains will come in the shares of North American Palladium (PAL) and Stillwater Mining (SWC) – North America’s two largest palladium-mining companies…

Gold prices hit a four-month record yesterday, driven higher by the falling dollar and slumping equities.

Investors looked for a safe haven after the greenback hit a record low versus the euro. Gold prices reached $989.60 an ounce and fell back to $978.70 after a sharp drop crude oil prices.

Gold is not the only precious metal gaining ground, says Brian Hunt. Silver has gained 27 percent this year, against gold’s 17 percent.

Andrew Gordon has published a comprehensive downturn investment strategy guide. He picks seven sectors that he believes offer outstanding growth opportunities. Perhaps unsurprisingly, there is a clear commodity-based theme…

Gold futures closed 2.9% down for the week, despite a rally on Friday, as the greenback rose against the euro and other major currencies.

“I see that Dennis Gartman is talking about gold again,” says Ed Steer in Casey Research.

Here are a few words from his early Thursday morning commentary….”If the governments of the world are now as concerned about inflation as we think they may be, and if they are even more concerned about the prospects for a generic, rising inflationary psychology amongst the public at large

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