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Based in Chile, Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM) provides a host of chemicals for agricultural, health care and industrial applications. In addition, SQM is a world leader in lithium — the material that is used in batteries for hybrid cars. Lithium batteries charge much faster than alternative power cells, and that makes this material crucial to any low-emission vehicle.

Fuel efficiency is now one of the most important aspects of any vehicle, and demand for fast-charging lithium batteries will soar in the automotive market over the next 12 months. Chevy's Volt will debut late next year with lithium cells under the hood, and Toyota is racing to bring a lithium-powered electric car to the market soon after. This will add up to big profits for SQM.

Our total return in SQM since adding it to our Blue Chip Growth Buy List is over 40%.

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EXPOSURE TO LITHIUM ..

Agricultural land is scarce, too, and highly prized by high-growth economies, Levitt argues: "You see food-importing nations like Korea and Saudi Arabia leasing land in grain-producing nations in parts of Africa, improving irrigation and fertilizing the land to produce higher crop yields." That investment theme has led him to companies like Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM), a Chilean producer of fertilizer that trades on the New York Stock Exchange. "It's also a big producer of lithium, which is a key ingredient needed for making the next generation of environmentally friendly cars," Levitt notes.

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