By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com

Baltimore — (TFN): You don’t believe all the hype do you? As we close out another year and another decade, the pundits are busy rehashing the action of the past ten years.

The political types are discussing the rise and fall of the Bush administration, a couple of wars and the nation’s first black president. The Hollywood folks are talking about the end of the sitcom, the death of an icon and the phenomenon that is American Idol.

Many commentators have picked the East Asian economies of China, Korea and Taiwan to emerge the most vigorously from the ongoing global financial crisis.

Just days after Chrysler LLC said it would be cutting one quarter of its auto dealerships, 1,100 General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) dealerships have reportedly been told not to expect a relationship with the embattled U.S. carmaker after October 2010.

Germany’s relative fiscal restraint during this crisis should make it an attractive option for investors, says Martin Hutchinson.  The EU’s strongest economy will likely emerge as a safe haven in the post-recovery world. Martin recommends four ways to profit from this trend.

The Nasdaq dropped 2% yesterday as widespread panic pulled down equities across the board. However, Paul Moore says tech stocks offer good long-term opportunities. He says the best way to hedge risk on individual company shares is with put options. Alternatively, tech-sector ETFs or a market index such as PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQQ) will diversify risk across the industry.

Bowing to peer pressure from Eurocentric readers, today’s comment focuses squarely on opportunities in European indexes, or should that be ‘bourses.’

Investors have been watching Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A, BRK.B) Chairman Warren Buffett’s moves for years to see which investments are going to take off next.