Have him open a Roth in a reasonably aggressive stock fund. Managers Capital Appreciation is a good no-load aggressive fund, as is Vanguard Growth index. He might also take a swing at a big, beaten-up tech company, such as Intel. But that's fairly aggressive. Well, if you mean a quick stock gain, no.
Funds are rotten trading vehicles.
You can only trade once a day, and they are not as volatile as individual stocks. In the very short term, you're better off with a money fund. If your fund's performance has picked up in the past few months, you may want to hang on to it. But if it has been generally lifeless since August, it may be time to move on. I keep thinking that Europe has to pick up sometime, and I keep getting disappointed.