Despite it still being a few months away serious investors are already starting to pick their stocks for 2010. Research, research and more research is the name of the game. So where could be the best place to invest your hard earned cash in 2010?

Now it is important that I a make one thing clear to the readers of this article before I continue; please do not take what you read as any form of financial advice as I am not a financial adviser. I am just an average man who enjoys trying to make cash by investing on the stock markets. I see it as a bit of fun and very much a gamble. By trade I am offer online guitar lessons for beginners, a stuttering therapy service (I used to have a stutter myself) and I am also involved in company that offers a professional DVD duplication service.

I really like the companies that are looking to invest their way through this current crisis. This takes a bit of nerve and a lot of ready cash but is a move that is likely to prove very beneficial in the long run. It has to be said that there has possibly never been a better time to buy a business. There are many small business owners seeking to sell up and this is where a bargain could be had.

The companies who do invest are the ones that are likely to make the most profits when the gloom and doom of this credit crisis lifts. It is all about ensuring that you are best placed out of all of your competitors when business starts to boom again.

As for the regions I am looking to invest in; I am liking the look of China, India and Russia at the present time. The Japanese stock market is certainly due a good run however this would be a slightly riskier gamble in my humble opinion.

For all you investors out there – good luck in 2010! Steve Hill from the UK, invester of the year 2094!