I have 1 grand and have spent the last week doing research. These are the 5 I'm most interested in. I'd personally rather only invest all out into 1. If you had to pick which coin would you invest in? (short or long).
Doing research implies that there is a correlation between the quality of these alt coins and how well they perform price-wise. You are far, far better off holding bitcoin than buying any of these. That being said, bitcoin trend seems to be reversing so you may be better off just staying away from crypto at the moment.