Date: September 24th, 2017 11:39 AM
Author: Floppy Office Hissy Fit
With a small amount to invest like that, you might be better off researching altcoins and finding one that you really believe in. Just buy and hold it. With an altcoin, you have more of a chance of doubling or tripling your money in the short-term, but it could go the other way, too.
If you had more - say, $1,000 - you might want to create a portfolio with 30% BTC, 40% ETH, 10% LTC, and 20% Altcoins. LTC and ETH will probably rise more sharply than BTC at some point in th e near future, but they also tend to fall a bit more rapidly when BTC goes down.
You might want to dollar-cost average your way into the market. Buy $x every week, because no one really knows where the market is going in the short term.
As for what altcoins to purchase, you're going to have to lean on someone else for an answer to that. There are many that sound promising, but they don't always behave as expected.
Personally, I'm holding onto some ARK. Part of what drew me to it was the fact that so many people seemed to be excited about it. The wallet is really nice, which is a good sign. It also pays dividends when you stake it.
You might also want to look into XMR, whose major strength is its fungibility. It recently rose, though, so it may go down more.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3742001&forum_id=7#34283652)