Portfolio of Lithium Stocks Traded on the NYSE and NASDAQ

Increased demand for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and consumer electronic products (laptop computers, cameras, cellular phones, PDAs and iPods) that use lithium components should cause lithium miners, processors and battery manufacturers to make money.

The following table includes 7 NYSE and NASDAQ lithium stocks.

These stocks are volatile so check out their price charts.

7 Lithium Stocks
Name & Monthly Returns	Symbol & Snapshot	Recent Prices & Trendline Chart
Albemarle	ALB
Chemical & Mining Co. of Chile	SQM
FMC Corporation	FMC
Lithium Americas	LAC
Livent Corporation	LTHM
Piedmont Lithium Limited	PLL
Standard Lithium Ltd.	SLI
Sparkline weekly price charts based on Alpha Vantage data.

Portfolio Values

To inspect the performance of the Lithium Stocks portfolio, see the chart below. Portfolio values are computed using monthly closes for stocks from Alpha Vantage.

The 3 stocks included in the portfolio computations are: ALB, SQM and FMC. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $3,333.33 was invested in each stock at its closing monthly price for the first date shown on the portfolio value chart below. All prices are adjusted for splits and dividends. The 4 stocks excluded from the portfolio computations because of insufficient price data are: LAC, LTHM, PLL and SLI.

The current value of the $10,000 investment is $25,244. The percent return is 152.44%. The annualized return is 20.35%.