2009 is over, for better or worse.  Now it is time to look ahead.  We wanted to look for the best top stock picks for 2010 from our partners and from key financial websites.  We compiled all of these 2010 stock picks into grouped lists with links directly to each, but there was one standout issue here: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) were hardly picked for 2010.  Some of the more common and widely held names that came up as common 2010 stock picks were Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL), Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS), Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT), Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C), Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), and KB Home (NYSE: KBH).  There are literally dozens of other stock picks in 2010’s top stock picks.

We have links to the top 2010 stock picks from InvestorPlace.com, TheStreet.com, DailyFinance.com, BloggingStocks.com, MarketWatch, Fortune, Smart Money, MorningStar, and even from our own picks for 2010 and some potential 10-bagger Biotech stocks at BioHealthInvestor.com.  In this we have only provided the stock names, and price targets, expectations, and every other detail is in the link at each grouping.

BioHealthInvestor.com “Potential 10-Bagger Biotechs for 2010”

InvestorPlace.com “How to Make Money in 2010”

• Sourcefire, Inc. (NASDAQ: FIRE)
• Marvell Technology Group (NASDAQ: MRVL)
• Hi-Tech Pharmacal (NASDAQ: HITK)
• Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU)
• Dril-Quip, Inc. (NYSE: DRQ)

InvestorPlace.com “5 Great Retail Stocks for 2010”

• Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF)
• Chico’s FAS Inc. (NYSE: CHS)
• Guess? Inc. (NYSE: GES)
• Jos. A. Bank Clothiers (NASDAQ: JOSB)
• Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN)

InvestorPlace.com “Trends from China for 2010”

• Duoyuan Global Water Inc. (NYSE: DGW)
• Xinyuan Real Estate (NYSE: XIN)
• Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU)
• Ctrip.com International Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTRP)

InvestorPlace.com “Top 5 Stocks for January” by Louis Navellier

• Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)
• AmBev (NYSE: ABV)
• Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU)
• Cognizant Technology (NASDAQ: CTSH)
• Marvell Technology Group (NASDAQ: MRVL)

TheStreet.Com “Top Tech Stocks for 2010”

• Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)
• Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA)
• Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)
• Red Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT)
• Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM)
• VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW)

TheStreet.com also has two dividend picks for 2010:

• Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB)
• CenturyTel (NYSE: CTL)

The Street.com “5 Shippers to Watch in 2010”

• DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS)
• Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX)
• Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. (NYSE: GNK)
• Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NM)

Ten stocks for 2010, by James Altucher of TheStreet.com on AOL’s Daily Finance

• Assured Guaranty (NYSE: AGO)
• Wellcare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG)
• Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT)
• Cash America International, Inc. (NYSE: CSH)
• Becton Dickison & Co. (NYSE: BDX)
• Hillenbrand, Inc. (NYSE: HI)
• Telecom Corp. of New Zealand NYSE: (NZT)
• STEC, Inc. (NASDAQ: STEC)
• Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR)
• GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE: GSK)

MarketWatch.com “10 Turnarounds for 2010” by Mark Hulbert:

• Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX)
• The Brinks Co. (NYSE: BCO)
• Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C)
• Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY)
• Integrated Device Technology (NASDAQ: IDTI)
• KB Home (NYSE: KBH)
• Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT)
• Molina Healthcare Inc. (NYSE: MOH)
• The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT)
• Wendy’s/Arby’s Group (NYSE: WEN)

FORTUNE’s “Promising Companies for 2010”

• Mastercard Inc. (NYSE: MA)
• Amedisys Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED)
• QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM)
• PetroHawk Energy Corporation (NYSE: HK)
• Baxter International (NYSE: BAX),
• Quanta Services Inc. (NYSE: PWR)
• Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM)
• American Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT)
• Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO)

Smart Money’s “Where to Invest in 2010”
The Recession Return picks:

• GoldCorp. (NYSE: GG)
• The Coca-Cola COmpany (NYSE: KO)
• Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG)
• Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT)

Plodding Along:

• Strayer Education (NASDAQ: STRA)
• Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX)
• Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ)
• Changyou.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: CYOU)

FAST TRACK PICKS:

• Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR)
• Jos. A. Bank Clothiers (NASDAQ: JOSB)
• BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT)
• Kirby (NYSE: KEX)

MorningStar’s “10 Ultimate Stock-Pickers’ Stocks to Consider During 2010”:

• Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT)
• Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT)
• Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL)
• ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM)
• Genzyme Corp. (NASDAQ: GENZ)
• ITT Education Services (NYSE: ESI)
• Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW)
• Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON)
• Stryker Corp. (NYSE: SYK)
• Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (NYSE: TMO)

BloggingStocks.com has a best of 2010 picks list with some stocks as follows, from various writers, and these are a few picks from the first page:

• American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC)
• China Advanced Construction Systems (NASDAQ: CADC)
• Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR)
• Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (NYSE: KMP)
• EZchip Semiconductor (NASDAQ: EZCH)
• National CineMedia (NASDAQ: NCMI)

247WallSt.com also created several important stock pick lists of its own for 2010:

• Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) holdings with the most upside from analyst target prices for 2010.
• Will oil hit $100 in 2010?
• Top 10 Brands for 2010
• Will gold stay dead into 2010, or was the end of 2009 just the pause?
• Here are 12 major M&A candidates for 2010, a dream list in a sense.
• And then on the pessimistic side…. 10 brands that will disappear in 2010.

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If you have other lists of Top Picks for 2010 you would like to see in an updated version of this over the weekend and/or next week and in 2010, feel free to email it to me!  Happy New Year and best wishes on your success for investing and trading in 2010!

JON C. OGG
January 1, 2010