Now is not good time to invest in Etherum or any other cripto because market is unstabile,but Etherum is one of three criptocurrencies which predictions gives bigger chance to one day his values be enought to earn big money.
If someone is looking for a permanent coin that does not offer a very risky investment so etherum is for him, and if someone is looking for 5x / 10x / 100x then you have to buy some new coin with a good design.