Just looking to invest a few bucks in the coming weeks any suggestions?
Nearly all coins are cheaper to buy than to mine. Especially the ones with big hashrate and difficulty (like BTC, LTC, DRK,...) unless you have free power.
Yep, this is true to me as well, its cheaper to buy than to rent a mining rig and mine your chosen coin, unless ofcourse you have free electricity . In any case you might try
https://www.whattomine.com on sorting your chosen coins.