Libya is not the country you should be most concerned with in the middle east crisis.

As Libya trumps the news broadcasts from CNN to Fox, there is another country that is more vital to western interests. It is strategic for a number of reasons, not the least of which, is the potential for a shift in the balance of power itself in the middle east.

Bahrain is a buffer between Iranian and Saudi power in the middle east. It's future may affect a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. The United States 5th Fleet has a base in Bahrain. The withdrawal from Iraq, and U.S influence could well be affected by whoever reigns over Bahrain in the immediate future.

It is the commodity of the 21st century - Lithium!

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All indications are that, by 2020, the production of electric cars and hybrids will outpace the production of gasoline powered cars.  Certainly, that is the case in China and India who are expected to "double" their auto production in the next year or two.  Europe is also a leader in this race.

America will trail this world changing development.  It will eventually be brought into the lithium economy kicking and screaming, but resigned to what the rest of the world is already doing.

Rather than placing bets on which of the hundreds of labs around the world will develop the best battery, best technology or the most stable catalyst in its uses, I have been placing my money on the producers of lithium, specifically, the small and mid tier group that for the past two years have staked the best lithium properties around the world.

How Iphone Apps can make you a lot of money!

When considering your Retirefund, you probably don't consider that the experience of an eighth grader could possibly help you. Of course not!  What could the experience of an eigth grade student possibly have to do with earning money in or for your retirement? After all, how much money did you make when you were in eigth grade? I know I mowed lawns for 2 bucks in the 60's, and sometimes my father would hire me in his electrical shop, after school for a similar wage.

Well friends, I am here to tell you that, eighth-grader Robert Nay of Spanish Fork, Utah (Photo) has a good deal to teach you about making money in retirement, or for your retirement, and making a lot of money.