Top 10 Stock Picks For 2010 (and then some)

According to The Motley Fool, here are some stocks to consider for investment in 2010...this is based on readership suggestions that these particular companies will do well this year. So try these out if you dare. This year's selections will do well as companies, and hopefully as stocks, in 2010; CAPS, the Fool's investor intelligence database will help you rate them as either outperform or underperform in the year going forward. Click on each company link below to get The Motley Fool's take on the particular stock:

• Akamai Technologies
  


• Apple
  


• ATP Oil & Gas
  


• Berkshire Hathaway (optional)
  


• Costco
  


• Exelon
  


• Google
  


• Intel (optional)
  


• Intuitive Surgical
  


• NVIDIA
  


• Silver Wheaton
  


• Smart Balance (optional)
  


• UPS
  

Best Stock Picks For 2009 Investing

According to The Motley Fool newsletter that just came out, here are stocks to invest in for the long term in 2009...this is based on their assessment that these particular companies will do well in 2009 and beyond. So try these out if you dare. This year's selections will do well as companies, and hopefully as stocks, in 2009 and beyond;CAPS, the Fool's investor intelligence database will help you rate them as either outperform or underperform in the year going forward. Click on each company link below to get The Motley Fool's take on the particular stock:

The Best Stock picks for 2009:

• Agnico-Eagle Mines
• Altria Group
• Amazon.com
• Cisco
• Core Laboratories
• Costco
• ExxonMobil
• General Electric
• Google
• Johnson & Johnson
• Netflix
• Pfizer
• Somanetics
• Starbucks