Not sure if you are only looking at investing in the US market or if you are open to all markets... I used to invest in the US but felt that the time difference and everything made it difficult... plus I did not know that much about the US market being so far away from it... so I decided to just invest in the Australian market.
I think i made a post sometime earlier this year... about some aussie stocks... the went really well... I invested in AED an oil company... bought at 1.50 and it broke 5 dollars last week... currently trading about 4.70. There are also a few others such as CDU (a copper mining company- very volatile), NWE, ISS, ARH, TAP, BMX, AZA, ARQ, CQT, ADY, ARHDA, GGG, IGO, RFG I keep my eye on... some I hold some I don't.
We could keep updating this thread with stock picks and what we buy to help each other!!! If I had other ppl in the market investing together in the US, I would be keen in getting in there again! I have been keeping my eye on RIG and SU in the US market.
I visit a few stock market chat forums and they have pretty good tips and information there! Maybe you should try to find a forum that talks about US stocks??? The RWG equivalent of the sharemarket and you will be set! Then you can post some tips here...